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As doctors repeatedly warn, it’s not too late to get your flu shot.That’s especially so in Kansas City, which, according to the maker of a “smart…
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A particularly severe flu season is a good reason to refresh our series on children's health and development. In this latest installment, we get advice…
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A new report from the nonprofit Trust For America’s Health says Kansas meets six of 10 measures related to public health threats while Missouri meets…
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In light of a campaign season some view as the most rancorous in recent history, we look at the role civility still plays in politics. Then,…
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Kansas is one of seven states that rank in the bottom tier in a newly released report measuring states’ readiness to deal with infectious disease…
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The Kansas Department of Agriculture has quarantined parts of two counties in the southeast corner of the state in response to an outbreak of highly…
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This winter’s flu epidemic appears to have peaked, but the virus remains highly dangerous.At a news conference Friday, Children’s Mercy Hospital…
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The phrase “flu epidemic” might raise alarm bells for some, but don’t let headlines about this season’s outbreak scare you too much.“The ‘epidemic’…
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A top health official at the University of Kansas Hospital said the severity of this year’s flu outbreak is requiring inpatient admissions at a rate more…
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Kansas and Missouri rank in the bottom half of states in preparedness for potential outbreaks of infectious diseases like Ebola, Enterovirus and…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn that this season’s flu shots may not be as effective as last year’s due to a mutation of the H3N2 flu…
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As flu cases begin to appear in Kansas, a former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologist urged providers to continue distributing the…