Sometimes it only takes hope and a vision. When Dr. Gordy Klatt began his first lap around a track in Tacoma, Washington in May 1985 to raise money to help the American Cancer Society save lives, he began Relay For Life, a global movement. Forty years later, Relay For Life has grown to become ...
New Mexico announced two new measles cases Thursday and North Dakota added one. The U.S. surpassed 1,000 measles cases Friday. Texas still accounts for the vast majority of cases in an outbreak that also spread measles to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas. Two unvaccinated elementary school-aged ...
You’re too busy to exercise, right? Your job consumes all your time. You’re strapped by professional and family demands. As you get more and more responsibility, your free time shrinks. Well, these blockers don’t have to be an excuse. Making time simply calls for creativity and a ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment notified the public Saturday about the potential for measles exposure on May 2 at Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita. The exposure risk is limited to people who were at the airport between 6:15 and 9 p.m. on Friday, May 2, according ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has eliminated 56 positions as the result of a loss of federal funds that were cut by the Trump Administration, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Thursday. Many of the positions are related to KDHE’s mission of stopping the spread of disease ...
TOPEKA — The Wichita area reported its first case of measles on Wednesday, an announcement that moves this highly contagious disease out of rural southwest Kansas counties and into a major metropolitan area. Kansas is now reporting 48 cases of measles, up from 46 last week, according to the ...