3 days ago · Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga reports on health care disparities and access for the Kansas News Service. You can email her at [email protected]. The Kansas News Service is a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio focused on health, the social determinants of health and their connection to public policy.

4 days ago · KDHE officials have been monitoring the outbreak for several years, Ashley Goss, KDHE’s deputy secretary of Public Health, told the Kansas Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare on Jan. 21.

3 days ago · ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed a measles case in an unvaccinated metro Atlanta resident. DPH is working to identify any persons that may have been exposed through contact with the individual between Jan.19-24, 2025 when they were infectious. The individual acquired the virus while traveling within the ...

2 days ago · The sign at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The CDC is tasked with protecting the public's health.

3 days ago · H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers. While the current public health risk is low, CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures.

6 days ago · The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal health agencies are under a communications freeze which has affected some regular updates to public-facing health sites.

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2 days ago · Public health workers identified more than 170 active TB cases and more than 400 latent cases from 2015 to 2017. And in 2021, a nationwide outbreak linked to contaminated tissue used in bone transplants sickened 113 patients. How is tuberculosis treated? TB is treated with antibiotics over the course of several months.

4 days ago · EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment. Website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ... Learn how water gets to your drinking water tap every day, the different types of public water systems, and …

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