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Cases increased by nearly 80% to more than 207,000 between 2018 and 2022, according to the CDC. Rates increased among all age groups, including newborns, and in all regions of the country.

A health advocacy group said a type of water-borne disease may be spreading at Illinois’ unoccupied workplaces.Legionnaires’ Disease, which took 43 lives…

For the first time, an infant was among the newly discovered cases of COVID-19 announced daily by the Illinois Department of Public Health.Officials on…

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritkzer and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tried to calm fears over the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak on Friday. They said efforts are…

Public health officials say they‘ll work to increase vaccination rates across Illinois.The announcement comes as the the U.S. is expected to have the…

Meningitis B is rare, but it’s potentially fatal and 3 colleges across the country have reported ongoing outbreaks of the disease. San Diego State…

It has stumped doctors and it's worrying parents: Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM). A rare condition that affects the nervous system and results in symptoms…

Public health advocates and some state lawmakers spurned Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s decision to veto a bill that would have raised the legal tobacco…

Once considered the new frontier of drugs and drug trafficking, synthetic cannabinoids have been around for years now and they’re becoming increasingly…

With more cases of vaccine-preventable disease in Illinois, doctors say shots should not be skipped.Dr. Kemia Sarraf's support for vaccinations became…