Kansas has an outbreak of two diseases — measles and tuberculosis — as lawmakers loosen vaccine requirements for children.

According to the latest data from the Kansas Department of Health, so far this year there have been a total of 9 active tuberculosis cases and 48 latent cases in the state.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced that the Cameron County Public Health Department has confirmed a case of tuberculosis involving a member ...

But in Kansas, they’ve been battling tuberculosis. Bek Shackelford ... The majority of the cases were in Wyandotte County, which is an urban county, part of the Kansas City Metro, and then ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - A single-vehicle crash Monday evening on Interstate 635 in Wyandotte County sent a man to an area hospital with serious injuries, officials said. The crash was reported ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March ...

Our state continues to see new laws introduced each year that diminish funding and the authority of health departments — just last month, two new bills were proposed that would effectively eliminate ...

Historically, health outcomes in Wyandotte County have ranked well below ... A similar resurgence is now being observed with tuberculosis in Kansas. It comes at a time when: Rural hospitals ...

Kansas is facing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in the U.S ... As a community-based organization that has served Wyandotte County for 48 years, El Centro played a crucial role in preventing ...