Our state continues to see new laws introduced each year that diminish funding and the authority of health departments — just ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Karen Dobos, Colorado State University and Marcela Henao-Tamayo, Colorado State ...

Slashing tuberculosis aid could endanger millions of lives abroad, health authorities say, with potential consequences for ...

But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...

Kansas faces one of the largest TB outbreaks in US history. TB, an enduring pandemic, thrives in poverty-stricken areas and ...

Why doesn’t the public know more about the troubling tuberculosis outbreak in eastern Kansas? The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is tracking 384 individuals with suspected ...

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metropolitan area straddling Kansas and Missouri has made headlines across the country, a rare feat for an infectious disease too often ignored ...

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

With increasing mass movement, including due to climate change and war, the maxim "TB anywhere is TB everywhere" is more ...

Since January 2024, dozens of tuberculosis cases have been found around Kansas City. TB may seem like a disease of the past—but it’s still with us.

The WHO has issued warnings and cutting and freezing aid can risk a global surge in cases of tuberculosis – a ...