GENEVA (AP) — About 25 million children worldwide have missed out on routine immunizations against common diseases like diptheria, largely because the coronavirus pandemic disrupted regular health services or triggered misinformation about vaccines, according to…

Dear editor, Adding insult to injury, the Kansas Senate caved to one of its members this week to get passage of a voting map by adding legislation to eliminate the requirement for childhood immunizations. No…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate defeated an amendment to a COVID-19 bill that would have forced thousands of health care professionals —  physical therapists and athletic trainers, physicians and nurses, acupuncturists and contact lens distributors…

Distrust, misinformation and delays because of the holidays and bad weather have combined to produce what authorities say are alarmingly low COVID-19 vaccination rates in U.S. children ages 5 to 11. As of Tuesday, just…

Allen County made significant improvement in the Kansas COVID-19 Rankings, and nearly reached the 50% mark in vaccinations as the omicron variant continues to surge. In spite of those positives, though, another 77 new cases…

NEW YORK (AP) — With COVID-19 cases spiking, New York City officials said Wednesday they’re opening more testing sites and restricting visiting at city-run hospitals and jails — but having crowds in Times Square for…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, just four days before Christmas, sought Tuesday to convince a country craving a normal holiday season that a largely unknown COVID-19 variant will not undo two years of pandemic progress.…

Colleges are moving finals online. Offices are putting reopening plans on pause. Cities are instituting mask mandates. Exactly one year after the United States kicked off its vaccination campaign against COVID-19, cases are surging once…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Several Kansas City area school districts are reporting record COVID-19 cases, sparking fears as more schools make masks optional and cases spike among children. Some districts — such as Shawnee Mission…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to kick off a more urgent campaign for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots Thursday as he unveils his winter plans for combating the coronavirus and its…