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

WYANDOTTE COUNTY, Kan. (KCTV) - Brutal winter conditions in the Kansas City metro have resulted in at least one delay for some spring-like activity. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County’s ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Wyandotte County leaders say one life lost or hurt on its streets is one too many. That’s where Vision Zero comes in. Vision Zero is a county initiative to eliminate ...

TB is a slow disease: it can take months, years or decades for an infection to result in symptoms. This is why the current outbreaks have actually been brewing for at least a year (“recent ...

“Tuberculosis outbreaks are often indications of weakness ... Staffers at the jail and homeless shelters in Wyandotte County, where the outbreak is centered, told me that public health officials ...