Kansas health officials are mounting a campaign to prevent the spread of Zika virus here in Kansas.

Check out the latest Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR news team.

The network of special clinics and hospitals would handle people who decline voluntary placement in mental health treatment-equipped facilities. 

Kansas was once a national leader in public health.  At the turn of the last century, State Health Director Samuel Crumbine championed a number of efforts to stop the spread of disease.  He even pushed for the law that forces hotels to change bed sheets between guests!  But today's polarized politics are now complicating current public health efforts.