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.

This flu season has been brutal nationally, and though Illinois is faring better than some of its neighbors, experts say if ...

"It seems weird to come down with the virus as we approach the fifth anniversary of the global pandemic," Susan Hazlett writes.

The COVID-19 virus spreads mainly through exposure to airborne droplets infected with the virus. While it's possible to be infected with COVID by coming in contact with a surface with the virus on ...

Shi Zhengli, the Chinese scientist infamous for research that’s suspected to have caused the Covid-19 pandemic, has led a study that has found a new coronavirus that works similar to SARS-CoV-2, the ...

Five years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, experts worry the world has still not learnt its lessons, saying it is a question of when-not if-a deadly, new “Disease X” strikes. Scientific ...

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 ...

According to IDPH documentation, a resident with a history of falling and other serious illnesses fell after being left alone in the bathroom. IDPH documentation indicated the resident's care plan ...

The director of the IDPH speaks out about how the exit from ... Illinois could lose critical time detecting threats like new COVID-19 variants, Ebola, avian influenza, and more,” he wrote.

Your device does not support the audio. SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that will award grant money to a lead ...

BEIJING, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The Wuhan Institute of Virology was not involved in the creation or leakage of the COVID-19 virus, a spokesperson of China's foreign ministry said during a regular ...