CDC: Flu season worst in a decade
The current flu season is shaping up to be the worst in a decade. So far, there have been at least 29 million illnesses and ...
Dr. Cory Franklin: Should we be concerned about the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas?
Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID as the leading disease cause ...
Immigrant status, homelessness or prison ties to TB outbreak should be made public | Opinion
The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. From David ...
Overdose deaths decline in U.S. driven by fewer opioid fatalities
America's opioid crisis is showing signs of subsiding, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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The Kansas City TB outbreak shows the value of U.S. government health funding
The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an ...
Kansas lawmakers override veto of ban on gender-affirming care for kids
Kansas lawmakers on Tuesday overrode Governor Laura Kelly's veto of a measure that bans gender-affirming care for minors in ...
Layoffs hit many at CDC lab program that was started to address previous failures
The nation’s top public health agency is losing most of the scientists in a prestigious, but lesser-known, laboratory program ...
18 new pediatric deaths reported in new data as flu activity remains high across US
WELL, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF THE WORST FLU SEASONS IN OVER A DECADE, WITH DOCTOR VISITS FOR FLU SYMPTOMS NOW AT A 15 ...
CDC vaccination committee meeting postponed days after RFK Jr. took over at HHS
A panel of experts that advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy will not meet as ...
Flu Map Shows Highest Levels Across US
This flu season has reached unprecedented intensity, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
COVID Map Shows Latest Case Rates Across US
Nationally, the test positivity rate for the week ending on February 8, was 4.8 percent, according to the CDC's most recent update on its COVID Data Tracker.