Under a new law, local health officials will have to prove “probable cause” to make someone quarantine. Orders about public ...

Rep. Barbara Ballard shared concerns that the passage of Senate Bill 29 would interfere with the work of county health ...

A statewide report is calling for Kansas to take a public health, rather than punitive, approach to help people with substance use disorders. The report was ordered by the Kansas Fights Addiction ...

Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health wants to encourage everyone in the community to get vaccinated against measles to reach ...

With measles cases in Kansas approaching three dozen, the Lawrence-Douglas County health department is urging people to get ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and other agencies are evaluating the impact of DOGE canceling federal health ...

Twenty-three measles cases have been reported in Kansas, and the state health department said they could be linked to an ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services without warning canceled more than $12 billion in grant funding to states.

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed six bills Friday afternoon, drawing the ire of Republican leadership who promised veto overrides when ...

Nearly 50 health organizations signed a letter urging the Kansas governor to veto a budget provision that would end continuous eligibility in the state’s Medicaid program, which allows public health ...