public health

A new mental health bill making its way through the state legislature would mean millions of dollars for increased access to mental health treatment.…

The Illinois Federation of Teachers recently urged higher-ed and K-12 schools to start their semesters completely online. Many schools are releasing…

School districts across Illinois are starting to release reopening plans for this fall.Many parents are uncomfortable with their kids going back to school…

Contact tracing is kind of like being a COVID-19 detective. That’s what Kathy Cabai says. She’s a professor at College of DuPage and is coordinating its…

Health departments representing nine counties in the northern Illinois/Rockford region released a joint statement regarding vaping.The statement comes in…

The director of the Illinois Department of Public Health says that the state is prepared to handle an Ebola outbreak, if there should ever be one.Dr.…

Illinois high school coaches and athletic directors now must take a training course on preventing and recognizing concussions.Governor Pat Quinn signed…