What to KnowExperts report a rise in ticks and tick encounters this summer, with more tick-related emergency room visits in the past few months than there were at the same time last ...

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

CDC data shows COVID-19 cases rising in over 26 states, with mild new variants and updated vaccine guidance for adults and ...

An alert issued from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention warns of a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to frozen sprouted beans, with one reported sickness in Illinois, ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has declared this spring’s measles outbreak officially ended and is promoting action to prevent the continued spread of the virus. A total of 10 measles ...

A third human case of West Nile virus in Illinois has been reported, this time in DuPage County. The DuPage County Health Department confirmed the case on Thursday. The department said the individual ...

1. The Illinois VA facility, home to nearly 400 residents, has experienced three separate outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease since 2015, causing a total of 64 infection and 13 deaths. 2.

Health officials in Illinois and North Dakota say their states' measles outbreaks are over, pointing to a continuing slowdown of measles spread in the U.S. during vaccine-preventable disease's worst ...

Federal food and health officials have connected a salmonella outbreak impacting patients in 10 states to frozen sprouted beans that have been recalled.