The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is required in Kansas schools. The vaccine is 97% effective. Children can get their ...

In the last week, the Kansas health department has recorded four additional measles cases. That brings the state's total to ...

Susan Monarez is the first director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to require Senate confirmation. She's ...

Kansas health officials have confirmed 88 measles cases so far this year, with most of them concentrated in southwest Kansas and affecting young children.

Families should consider discussing with their pediatrician the option of vaccinating their young children early to protect them.

Kansas researchers are monitoring the spread of an invasive tick species that poses a threat to the state’s cattle through a ...

Sexually transmitted diseases remain a persistent public health challenge in America: there were approximately 2.5 million ...