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Kansas health officials post warning over growing measles outbreak
State health officials in Kansas have issued a warning to healthcare providers this week as measles cases climb across the ...
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CDC firings, including in Kansas City, raise fears about disease outbreak response
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...
As bird flu spreads, feds could undercut states by firing scientists, removing data
As bird flu cases inundate more poultry and dairy farms, state officials worry that the Trump administration's firings of ...
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Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response
"The big thing that's impacting us now is the demoralizing work environment ... firings also swept up two CDC workers, both ...
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Commentary: Should we be concerned about the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas?
But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...
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Kansas GOP overrides governor’s veto of ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Kansas lawmakers had previously failed to override Kelly’s vetoes of similar measures. State Senate Bill 63, which is set to take effect later this month, aims to broadly prevent health care ...
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Department of Education contract cuts spur ‘chaos and confusion’
Schools will have to be vigilant over not just cuts at the Education Department but other agencies that have been targeted by DOGE. The National Institutes of Health made cuts to research ...
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Immigrant status, homelessness or prison ties to TB outbreak should be made public | Opinion
The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics ... After the outbreak was contained, the CDC reported that the majority of those who came down with TB were immigrants ...