Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed six bills Friday afternoon, drawing the ire of Republican leadership who promised veto overrides when ...

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced six veto decisions on Friday while allowing two other bills to become law without her ...

I am writing to express my heartfelt thanks to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for his extraordinary efforts in giving infectious diseases a well-deserved break. Who knew that measles, whooping cough ...

The Kansas Supreme Court is weighing whether to block a sweeping state law that lets workers easily bypass COVID-19 vaccine ...

Tuberculosis is a "near-perfect predator," John Green said in his book "Everything is Tuberculosis." The bacterial infection, ...

Preliminary data released this month by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that more than 10,300 tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported last year.

A new study found that reported diagnoses for tuberculosis were consistently lower than expected throughout the pandemic, even though incarceration rates remained largely consistent and TB detection ...

Health officials issued a warning this week after someone at a suburban Chicago high school was diagnosed with active ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), a lung disease often marked by a persistent cough, began in January 2024 in Kansas City, ...

The latest round of staff turnover includes Leandris Liburd, a Black woman and public health veteran who was acting director of the CDC’s Office of Health Equity.

The measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico has grown to include nearly 450 cases in just 2 months, health officials reported.Meanwhile, health departments in two other states are investigating cases ...

She now covers breaking and trending news for CBS News' HealthWatch. The Kansas outbreak is spread across 6 southwest ...