Health officials brace for measles cases The Illinois Department of Public Health is bracing for a possible measles outbreak ...

Illinois Department of Public Health launched new laws at the start of the year, including one making lead testing standards ...

The U.S. is pulling the plug on its membership with the World Health Organization. What does that mean for Illinois, and why does it matter? The head of the Illinois Department of Public Health ...

Morgan Winters will now take over as Get Covered Illinois’s director, following the State Senate’s confirmation. Get Covered ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health launched a new dashboard, which methodically presents statewide data about violent deaths and firearm injury rates, last month. The violent deaths data was ...

In December 2023, Illinois lawmakers passed legislation that enabled the department to create an online licensing application ...

Health care advocates were out in full force at the Illinois Capitol this week, urging legislators to act on everything from ...

Gov. JB Pritzker lashes out at the Trump administrations over mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education and its ...

Opioid overdoses in Illinois have decreased by 9.7% in 2023, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, while deaths involving heroin and natural and semisynthetic opioids decreased by ...

ELGIN – High school students generally don’t participate in drafting legislation. Jordan Henry is an exception.

The WOW van offers a litany of free services and will be circulating throughout Southern Illinois — its first stop this month will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.