Kansas City, Missouri, has not recorded a measles case since 2019 but that could soon change, as southwest Kansas is experiencing a measles outbreak this year. Officials say religious exemptions ...

At least it wasn’t measles. “Measles is the most contagious disease we have,” said Schmidtke, who teaches at Kansas City University. But now, she and other public health experts are watching ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The risk of a measles outbreak in Kansas City is real with declining vaccination rates, and local health officials are preparing a coordinated response. This comes as the ...

Kansas City health leaders are bracing for the arrival of measles in the metro, an outcome described as inevitable, as they plead with parents to vaccinate their children. Health officials held a ...

WELL. THAT’S COMING UP. THANK YOU. NEVILLE. THE KANSAS CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS SOUNDING THE ALARM. MEASLES CASES CONTINUE TO RISE IN PARTS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI, AND OFFICIALS ARE WARNING THE ...

Kansas City-area health officials are on guard as a measles outbreak spreads to more states. With vaccine skepticism on the rise, immunization rates in decline and public funds disappearing ...

As southwest Kansas faces a growing measles outbreak that is spreading primarily among unvaccinated children, Gov. Laura Kelly traveled to Garden City to promote the MMR vaccine. "I can't stress ...

Haskell County added four new cases, and Gray County added one new case to the total. Kansas now has a total of 76 cases, up five cases from last week. The outbreak is across 11 counties in the ...

"Kansas' measles outbreak is serious," Gov ... Gray County — located between Dodge City and Garden City — has had the most cases at 24, which is up three since the last report.

The number of measles cases reported in Kansas more than doubled in the past week, and the outbreak may have a possible link to the outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico, a state health official ...

“This marks the first measles outbreak in Kansas since 2018 ... about a three-hour drive from the city, have six cases each. The other 12 cases in the state are spread across four counties ...