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

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 ...

There are a record-breaking 68 active cases of tuberculosis, according to a March 28 update from the Kansas Division of Public Health. Most of the cases (61) are in Wyandotte County, with the rest ...

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 ...