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

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 ...

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

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

Globally, cases of tuberculosis have been on the rise and efforts to control it are hampered by funding shortages, according to the WHO.

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 ...

Several states have influenced the current upward trend in TB cases, including Kansas, which experienced a 148% increase in its TB rate last year. HealthDay News — Preliminary data released this ...

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 ...