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, 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a recent on-camera interview with Fox News Digital in New York City, Dr. John Whyte, WebMD chief medical officer and practicing physician, emphasized that measles is "one of the most contagious ...

The measles outbreak in southwest Kansas has grown by five cases in the past week, and KDHE data indicate all five patients are unvaccinated children.

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 ...

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 ...