In addition to bats, mosquitoes can also present health risks to local residents. A batch collected on June 6 from a North ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week announced he would “retire” the entire panel that guides U.S. vaccine ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced an expanded list of high-risk ZIP codes this year, including more than a dozen in Cook County, increasing mandatory testing for lead exposure of ...

Safety means more than just avoiding bad neighborhoods. In 2025, the biggest threats to Americans' well-being ranged from ...

While federal policy changes create uncertainty, the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health said this week said the virus is “not an active risk” to humans in Illinois because no ...

The Chicago hospitals will serve as "Elite Special Pathogen Treatment Centers" with the $1.5 million from IDPH.

The risk of community transmission for the ... contact your health care provider or visit the Illinois Department of Public Health webpage on measles or the CDC’s measles site.

Illinois Department of Public Health launched a Measles Outbreak Simulator Dashboard to easily identify vaccination rates and risks at schools. No cases have been reported in Illinois since early ...

Officials added that the risk of community transmission for the general public in Illinois remains low. The IDPH says it is closely monitoring the situation and supporting local health departments ...

It is something will create debilitating effects were the only Department of Public Health in our public health community across the state of Illinois, this funding an initially provided during ...