Kansas, measles
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Nine of the measles cases in Kansas are unvaccinated children, and the one other case is an under-vaccinated child with only one of two doses.
Vaccination rates are one focus of many Kansas county health officers and medical experts as they work to educate against misinformation about vaccines in the hopes of staving off a
A measles outbreak in Kansas has more than doubled to nearly two dozen cases over the last week, according to state health officials, who said they identified a “possible link” between confirmed cases of the highly contagious illness and a larger outbreak in Texas and New Mexico.
Kansas health officials report 24 cases of measles, with most in southwest Kansas, and the Sedgwick County Health Department is holding a vaccination clinic this Saturday to help people catch up
Kansas and Ohio health officials have confirmed several measles cases among mostly unvaccinated children and adults, as the total number of states reporting measles outbreaks reaches 18.
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Kansas has an outbreak of two diseases — measles and tuberculosis — as lawmakers loosen vaccine requirements for children.
Most of the public school districts in the Kansas counties experiencing the outbreak have vaccination rates well below the recommended 95% threshold.
State health officials worry that declining vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable nationwide.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has confirmed 10 cases of measles in three counties as outbreaks across the U.S. continue to spread in unvaccinated kids.