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

An outbreak of tuberculosis within Kansas City in the United States has been ongoing since Jan. 2024 and has highlighted new ...

With three dozen confirmed cases of measles in southwest Kansas, Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday that it’s important for ...

Officials in suburban Joliet have confirmed a student was diagnosed with tuberculosis in recent days. According to a statement from Will County Officials, a case was confirmed at Joliet West High ...

Getty Kansas has an outbreak of two diseases — measles and tuberculosis — as lawmakers loosen vaccine requirements for children. In a 103-15 vote on March 20, the Kansas House of ...

as was the case for more than half of the patients in Kansas," Karen Dobos and Marcela Henao-Tamayo, microbiologists from Colorado State University, said in The Conversation. "Failure to control TB ...

There were nine active cases in Vanderburgh County as of Thursday, fewer than five of which involve children, according to ...

The Kansas TB rate jumped 148% last year, according to the new CDC data. Alaska and Hawaii continue to have the highest case rates.

Now, as Kansas grapples with a major tuberculosis outbreak and rising measles cases, a new law is further restricting health authorities’ ability to impose orders that can slow the spread of ...