Susan Monarez is the first director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to require Senate confirmation. She's ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported 10 measles cases in the state so far in 2025. Last year there were 67 ...

Susan Monarez is becoming the next director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Senate confirmed her ...

COVID-19 cases are rising this summer across much of the United States, with 27 states reporting growing or likely growing ...

New federal data shows the fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman.

Health officials in DuPage County have confirmed the county’s first human case of West Nile Virus this year, the third ...

Nitrous oxide deaths in the United States spiked by more than 500% between 2010 and 2023, a new study indicates.

The Ogle County Fair is welcoming families from across the region this week from but for mothers with newborns, enjoying a day at the fair can be a challenge. That’s why the Ogle County Health ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Only a dozen states have laws establishing suicide prevention offices or coordinators, and just 11 have task forces or ...

Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a ...

Here’s what St. Louis-area parents need to know about required vaccines, exemptions and where to get free back-to-school shots.