Families should consider discussing with their pediatrician the option of vaccinating their young children early to protect ...

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 ...

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.

In Kansas City, three ZIP codes fall below the 95% threshold, city health officials said. 64114 in the Waldo area has an immunization rate of 93%. 64151, where Lake Waukomis is located north of ...

Kansas has a total of 80 cases across 12 counties in the southwestern part of the state, with three hospitalizations, according to the latest data from the Kansas Department of Health and ...

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, the ...

The Kansas City Health Department is warning that measles could soon reach the metro area as cases continue to rise in parts of Kansas and Missouri.With 37 cases reported in Kansas and one in ...

The number of reported measles cases in Kansas has grown slightly over the past week, and while the outbreak has not spread to the Kansas City metro, it is getting closer. The state saw two new ...

One more Kansas county was exposed to measles, bringing the total cases to 64 in the state. The Pawnee County health department announced the case on May 24, but said it didn't know if the case is ...

The number of measles cases in Kansas rose to 23, more than doubling the number of cases in a week. ... The Kansas City Star. 816-234-4261 Robert A ...

As of April 2, there are 24 confirmed measles cases in Kansas, all confined to the southwestern part of the state. “This marks the first measles outbreak in Kansas since 2018, and before that ...

K ANSAS 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.