Under a new law, local health officials will have to prove “probable cause” to make someone quarantine. Orders about public ...

Rep. Barbara Ballard shared concerns that the passage of Senate Bill 29 would interfere with the work of county health ...

Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health wants to encourage everyone in the community to get vaccinated against measles to reach ...

Twenty-three measles cases have been reported in Kansas, and the state health department said they could be linked to an ...

Several Kansas City-area health agencies were told in March they were losing federal grants. Federal officials have cited the end of the pandemic.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services without warning canceled more than $12 billion in grant funding to states.

A growing measles outbreak in Kansas has reached 23 cases and may be linked to earlier outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico. Ohio is now reporting 10 cases, with wider exposure concerns.

Kansas public health officials have found another measles case in the past week, and they now report there is a possible link ...

With measles cases in Kansas approaching three dozen, the Lawrence-Douglas County health department is urging people to get ...

Kansas has confirmed six measles cases in the southwest region of the state. It is not known if there is a connection between these cases and the Texas measles outbreak. Kansas public health ...

Nearly 50 health organizations signed a letter urging the Kansas governor to veto a budget provision that would end continuous eligibility in the state’s Medicaid program, which allows public health ...

To address the shortage of health care providers and enhance access to care, especially in rural areas, Governor Laura Kelly has signed Senate Bill 67.