Drug‑resistant Candida auris is rising in Illinois care facilities; health teams call for screening and deep cleaning.

Chicago Public Schools allows students to be marked excused when a parent or guardian reports fear of federal immigration ...

Once complete in late summer 2026, the Austin HOPE Center will become the first permanent, stand-alone pediatric specialty ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A group of aldermen are calling on the Chicago Department of Public Health for a vaccine mandate for public indoor settings like restaurants, movie theaters and gyms. The push comes ...

Chicago health officials released a health alert about leptospirosis cases in the city after numerous infections were reported and at least one person died. The contagious bacterial disease has been ...

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Chicago public health officials on Tuesday confirmed the city's first three human cases of West Nile virus in 2025. Chicago Department of Public Health officials said all three people began ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago and Illinois health officials want people to shop and eat in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood, despite the ongoing 2019 novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. Health officials ...

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic shaved years off Chicagoans’ lives, residents across the city are expected to live longer, nearly matching the pre-pandemic average age of about 79 years old.

West Garfield Park residents are expected to live on average until 67 years old, compared to Loop residents living to age 87.

Chicago Public Schools allows illegal immigrant students excused absences when families fear federal immigration enforcement, ...