The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an ...

The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. From David ...

But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

In this case, there is virtual silence from the CDC and local ... comprise a large part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, have the greatest number of reported tuberculosis cases, and both ...

A Kansas tuberculosis outbreak shows the continued need for government ... For example, one clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the CDC showed that TB infection can be ...

Is the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak the largest in U.S ... But a spokesperson for the CDC on Tuesday refuted that claim, noting at least two larger TB outbreaks in recent history.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices advises the CDC director on how FDA-approved vaccines should be used; for example, recommending which groups of people should get shots and when.

DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy was convicted of criminally negligent homicide Thursday in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help after ...

Credit where it's due . . . This question deserves even more serious consideration . . . The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refused to answer my questions about who is getting sick ...