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

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed Senate Bill 29, but the veto was overridden by the Republican-dominated House and Senate.

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

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 ...

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

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

Kansas public health officials have found another measles case in the past week, and they now report there is a possible link ...

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 ...

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

The bill empowers “providers to treat patients across the state in ... the state’s health care infrastructure, lawmakers say. House Bill 2152: Kansas is changing its public funds investment ...

The state's last count Friday included 10 cases across three southwestern counties: Grant, Morton and Stevens. Now, the outbreak includes Haskell, Gray, and Kiowa counties. All but two of the cases ...

Kansas has confirmed six measles cases in the southwest region of the state. It is not known if there is a connection between these cases and the Texas measles outbreak. Kansas public health ...