Illinois Department of Public Health

Texas está experimentando su mayor brote de sarampión en 30 años. Peter Medlin, de WNIJ, conversó con un profesor de estudios religiosos sobre el aumento de las exenciones religiosas a las vacunas en Illinois.

Texas is experiencing its largest measles outbreak in 30 years. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin spoke with a religious studies professor about the growth of religious exemptions to vaccines here in Illinois.

For the first time, an infant was among the newly discovered cases of COVID-19 announced daily by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Officials on...

In four years of medical school, Illinois Director of Public Health Ngozi Ezike didn’t have to treat a single case of measles.The World Health…

Medical marijuana use is up more than 80% in Illinois, with PTSD as the most common condition treated, according to a report by the state Department of…

The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed the first West Nile virus death in the state this year. A LaSalle County resident has died after…

The Winnebago County Health Department is warning people to avoid all synthetic cannabinoids. It has identified four cases of severe bleeding connected to…

The Illinois Attorney General's Office is working with state lawmakers to draft legislation that would require hospitals to have a specially trained…

A year ago, lawmakers decided to change school health examination requirements. They added screenings for social and emotional development, but the…

Health officials across the country report flu cases are starting to match numbers seen from the H1N1 outbreak nearly a decade ago.There have been nearly…