Updated: 3:11 PM Influenza confirmed in a south central Kansas adult earlier this week.

Updated: 12:16 PM Two top officials in Gov. Sam Brownback's administration say the state has completed updated lists containing the names of physically disabled Kansans seeking in-home services.

Posted: 8:31 AM The state health department says the number of births and abortions declined last year in Kansas.

Updated: 8:25 AM Taylor Heersche lost her battle with Leukemia this week, but her message is spreading faster than ever.

Posted: 5:24 AM Three finalists to be the next leader of Kansas University Medical Center are scheduled to visit the campus this month.

Updated: 10:33 AM More than a dozen people spoke in front of Sedgwick County Commissioners during a public forum on water fluoridation.

Posted: 9:54 AM Massachusetts officials say they have shut down a compounding pharmacy after a surprise inspection prompted by the nationwide meningitis outbreak linked to a different state company.

Posted: 2:19 PM The Kansas health department says it has now confirmed six cases of hepatitis C in Hays Medical Center patients linked to a traveling technician.

Posted: 12:20 PM Students at a northeast Kansas high school are waging a protest against a new federal law regulating what they eat for lunch.

Posted: 4:02 PM Massachusetts state officials say they found unclean conditions including visible black specks of fungus in steroids made by a pharmacy linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis.

Updated: 8:14 AM It's time to get your flu shot, but you may need to look for a new location to do so.

Posted: 3:04 PM The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it's investigating reports of five deaths and a non-fatal heart attack linked to highly caffeinated Monster Energy Drinks.

Updated: 12:04 PM The nation's leading group of pediatricians says cheerleading should be considered a sport to make it safer.

Posted: 1:34 PM Kansas health officials are expecting the state to have another relatively mild flu season, but they're still encouraging shots for nearly everyone 6 months or older.

Posted: 1:33 PM The government says 170 people now have been sickened in the meningitis outbreak linked to tainted steroid shots, and 14 of them have died.

Updated: 2:13 PM Kellogg recalling boxes of Frosted and unfrosted Mini-Wheats due to potential metal contamination at plant.

Updated: 5:19 PM Common conditions seen at Via Christi Clinic locations.

Posted: 1:53 PM Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says the specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak may have misled regulators and done work beyond the scope of its state license.

Updated: 6:42 PM Several groups fighting against fluoridated water in Wichita want to be heard at a county commission hearing.

Posted: 8:27 AM Heart patients at the University of Kansas Hospital are benefiting from the same GPS technology that helps them navigate the streets in their cars.

Updated: 5:11 AM Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he has a plan to help people with pre-existing medical conditions get health insurance. But there's a huge catch: You basically have to be covered in the first place.

Posted: 2:07 PM Health officials say the number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached 105 cases.

Posted: 5:24 PM An acrimonious debate over the federal health care overhaul is seeping into state capitols and creating fissures among Republicans as the tea party movement reasserts its influence in GOP-controlled areas.

Posted: 11:48 AM Health providers are scrambling to notify patients in nearly two dozen states that the routine steroid injections they received for back pain in recent months may have been contaminated with a deadly fungal meningitis.

Updated: 10:53 AM The Trader Joe's peanut butter is now linked to 35 salmonella illnesses in 19 states.