With two months remaining until thousands of people trickle into Kansas City for the 2026 World Cup, Wyandotte County health officials are still working to address anticipated increases in infectious diseases at the local level and youth vaccination rates that are falling short.
As of April 1, the Wyandotte County Public Health Department did not know of any measles cases within county limits, interim director Terrie Garrison told the Unified Government Board of Commissioners last week.
But this doesn’t mean that there aren’t, or won’t be, any cases of the illness this year. Wyandotte saw at least one measles case in 2025, and that was not associated with an outbreak, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment…