Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases. Two fired CDC workers had been deployed to Kansas City to help work on a tuberculosis outbreak.

A tuberculosis outbreak that started in Wyandotte County, Kansas, has grown to be one of the largest in the U.S. since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started tracking the illness in the 1950s. We'll discuss the disease, what we know about this outbreak's origins, and who's at risk.

Missouri ranks 10th in the country for high school smoking. However, rates are trending down and a variety of accessible programs are helping the Kansas City metro stay below state levels.

COVID-19 cases in Kansas City remain at their highest levels since February 2022. But revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifts quarantine requirements and loosens protocols for schools.

COVID has killed almost 16,000 Missourians and 7,000 Kansans in total. Experts now warn that the more transmissible omicron variant could bring a new spike in cases and deaths.

Children's Mercy Hospital gave 600 children their shot of the COVID-19 vaccine as doses become more widespread across the Kansas City region.

Only Nebraska had a higher percentage than Missouri of kids with detectable blood-lead levels. And the authors of a new nationwide study say there is no amount of lead that is safe for children.

Younger children, who cannot yet be vaccinated, are among those who may be more susceptible to the more-contagious variant.

Excess deaths in Missouri well exceeded the official count of residents killed by the coronavirus.

To keep students in school, more people need to wear masks, practice social distancing and minimize contact with others.

State reports may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths in Missouri by more than 40%.

The latest coronavirus case numbers and other Kansas-specific information about the outbreak.