A disease outbreak in a remote village can reach major U.S. cities within just hours and quickly wreak havoc on a community’s ...

As flu season settles over the Midwest, new and different vaccine messaging from Washington is spurring vaccine hesitation.

The Kansas City Health Department is urging residents to get vaccinated for influenza and pertussis as cases rise in the city.

Unlike other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be subject to significant “reductions in force” if the government shuts ...

The Wyandotte County Public Health Department said it has seen an increase in cases of whooping cough (pertussis).