influenza

Vaccination rates are lower than usual this year, especially in school districts still learning virtually. Now pediatricians are urging parents to bring their kids in for well-child checks and childhood immunizations.

Infectious disease expert says it's never been more important to get the seasonal flu vaccine.

The risks of the flu season on top of the pandemic, KCUR is reaching out to young Latinx voters with a Facebook Live event, and Democrat Rich Finneran on why he wants to be Missouri's next top lawyer.

Throughout America's history, the displaced and the disenfranchised have suffered the most from uncontrolled diseases.

A historian says Kansas City "blew it" in the 1918 flu pandemic. How a corrupt political system and the end of World War I led to a bungled response and an overwhelming loss of life.

If Samuel Crumbine were alive today, he’d recognize the precautions that Kansans are taking to limit COVID-19.There’s little doubt he would approve of the…

This story was updated at 7 p.m., March 7.TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas has its first case of the new coronavirus, officials announced Saturday. The Johnson…

The possibility of the new coronavirus spreading in the U.S. has alarmed many people, but Kansas City-area health officials say they are prepared — to a…

How a corrupt political system and the end of World War I led to a bungled response and an overwhelming loss of life.

Segment 1: The annual influenza vaccination is still considered the best way to protect against the virus and its complications.The Centers for Disease…

Segment 1: 100 years since the 1918 epidemic, but we still battle influenza.Historians are still debating how many people died from the flu pandemic in…

Area hospitals are continuing to see high numbers of influenza patients, suggesting that the flu season has yet to peak.At the University of Kansas Health…