As temperatures drop to dangerous lows around the Kansas City metro, it’s important to watch out for the signs of ...

The Kauffman Foundation recently gave its first “Uncommon Leader” award, along with a $150,000 prize, to a nurse practitioner ...

Under President Donald Trump, the Centers for Disease Control reduced the number of vaccines recommended for children from 17 ...

Dr. Shawn Sood, a pediatric critical care physician at the University of Kansas Health System, says Influenza A is the ...

Kansas is the latest in a string of at least 20 states to opt out of new childhood immunization standards set by the Trump ...

TOPEKA — Kansas’ top health agency is sticking with the longstanding childhood immunization schedule instead of implementing ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment emphasized their commitment to evidence-based vaccine recommendations.

The best protection we have against seasonal flu each year is vaccination,” said Dr. Dereck Totten, the state’s chief medical ...

Kansas has not had a reported instance of avian bird flu in a human, according to CDC records.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is changing its recommended childhood vaccine schedule tonight. The move signed today removes seven vaccines, including influenza and ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas has been upgraded from “low” to “high” on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly flu surveillance report as more people come down with respiratory ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Flu numbers are up in Kansas, according to the latest report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a new “Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report” map ...