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Children’s Mercy doctors say declining COVID-19 cases in children means trick-or-treating is OK this year. But if kids and adults don’t get a flu shot, Kansas City could be in for a rough flu season.

Parts of the U.S., including Kansas and Missouri, are seeing an unusual summertime uptick in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.

Far from waning, coronavirus has fed off of people’s impatience with social distancing. ICUs are filling up. Flu shots could help save beds for COVID-19 patients.

Doctors and administrators are facing an incredible amount of uncertainty right now as current conditions at a hospital could change quickly.

How a Kansas City medical facility is preparing for a seasonal surge of coronavirus cases, and what college life is like when pandemic precautions are changing nearly everything.

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…