While no measles cases have been reported in Illinois so far this year, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is ...

Measles cases are rising across the United States. In 2024, the CDC totaled 285 cases for measles. Now, just three months into 2025, there have been 280 ...

Illinois Republican senators have filed bills that would combat the state’s fentanyl crisis and further punish major ...

A nursing home in Waukegan was fined after a delay in CPR for a resident led to his death and the nursing assistant who found ...

SPRINGFIELD The Administration of Governor JB Pritzker announced that Illinois recorded an 8.3% drop in overall drug overdose ...

ILLINOIS (WAND) — With the peak of flu season approaching, IDPH is reporting rising numbers of flu cases across the state. However, Graham Briggs, the State Epidemiologist with the Illinois ...

Illinois reports an 8.3% decrease in drug overdose deaths in 2023, with a notable drop in opioid-related fatalities.

Despite having one of the most sophisticated health care systems in the world, the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic fell well short when compared to other developed nations.

Religious beliefs account for the majority of vaccine exemptions in Illinois schools, surpassing other reasons like medical ...

IDPH syndromic surveillance, defined on their website as health related data received when illness begins, provided emergency department visit data about firearm injuries. This data collection ...

Opioid overdoses in Illinois have decreased by 9.7% in 2023, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, while deaths involving heroin and natural and semisynthetic opioids decreased by ...