When my daughter Renae, my firstborn, was 5 months old she spiked a fever. By that evening, she was having trouble breathing — the color was gone from her face and I could see her…

For the second time in two years, Texas is experiencing a significant measles outbreak.  But unlike last year’s outbreak in the South Plains, there’s little information available about the new surge because it erupted at…

Dog owners in Moran and LaHarpe will have opportunities to have their animals vaccinated in the coming days. In Moran, a dog clinic runs from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the back room at…

One night a few years ago, I watched a young man die over the course of 12 long hours because he refused a relatively common and safe medical intervention. I remember he was in his…

TOPEKA — Kansas reported no new measles cases for the third week in a row Wednesday, and health officials are encouraging parents to vaccinate their children as they return to school next week to keep…

GARDEN CITY, Kansas — Gov. Laura Kelly visited southwest Kansas Tuesday amid a measles outbreak to urge people in the region to vaccinate themselves and their children. State health officials have been racing to keep…

Measles cases are spreading rapidly across Kansas, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. In only two days, March 24-26, the number of cases has increased from 10 to 23.  Children are the…

Early in my career as a pediatrician, it would not be unusual to get a phone call in the middle of the night from the worried parent of a child with a high fever. I…

Newly appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared to dismiss a rare measles outbreak that has killed a child in Texas and sickened more than 120 people. “It is not unusual,…

The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases, mostly in children and teens, making it the state’s worst in nearly 30 years. State health officials said Friday in a…