The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk of an outbreak of the bird flu in humans is low, but ...

The U.S. is pulling the plug on its membership with the World Health Organization. What does that mean for Illinois?

The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas, for which related cases were first reported in January, has killed two people and caused at least 67 to need treatment for active infections, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has approved four new conditions for treatment with medicinal cannabis, a first in six years. Approved under Illinois law ...

according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. During the same time last winter, there were 22 reported outbreaks. This year’s numbers are also significantly higher than in winters ...

Be warned—flu and respiratory illnesses are spreading across central Illinois.The Illinois Department of Public Health ...

Franciscan Health Olympia Fields has been redesignated as an Acute Stroke Ready hospital by the Illinois Department of Public ...

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston challenges the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act in Illinois, which ...

The director of the IDPH speaks out about how the exit from the WHO will harm Illinois public health. Pres. Trump seeks to leave the organization for the second time. The U.S. is and has been the ...