Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...
Night shift workers face an increased risk of cancer, as their disrupted sleep cycle causes wear and tear on their DNA. But ...
Women with one or more gynecological disorders had higher risk of heart disease and clogged arteries affecting either their ...
But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...
The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an ...
The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. From David ...
“EIS [Epidemiology Intelligence Service] officers step up at a moment’s notice to investigate public health threats in the ...
Kansas lawmakers on Tuesday overrode Governor Laura Kelly's veto of a measure that bans gender-affirming care for minors in ...
The current flu season is shaping up to be the worst in a decade. So far, there have been at least 29 million illnesses and 370,000 hospitalizations related to the flu -- the most since the 2015-2016 ...
Frequent exercise can help colon cancer survivors live longer, perhaps even outlasting average folks, a new study suggests.
America's opioid crisis is showing signs of subsiding, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.