The Illinois Department of Public Health launched a new dashboard, which methodically presents statewide data about violent ...

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

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 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 ...

What does that mean for Illinois, and why does it matter? The head of the Illinois Department of Public Health believes the decision will harm the state’s public health. Here's more of what he ...

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, ...

CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from ...

Urbana residents retirement age or older say that Champaign County is facing a shortage of skilled nursing beds. Skilled nursing facilities are designed for patients who ...

As many as 1,300 probationary employees at CDC and 1,500 at NIH are losing their jobs. Many fear for the future of public health and scientific research.

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