How to "fight the bite" during an uptick in the insects in Illinois as warmer weather has more people and pets heading ...

Health experts are raising concerns about the potential public health impacts after Health and Human Services Secretary ...

From tuberculosis to Ebola, Dr. Sayone Thihalolipavan, San Diego County’s newly appointed public health officer, has plenty ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A bill heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk could ensure safe drinking water standards in Illinois.

An exhibition featuring work from incarcerated artists highlights links between environmental and climate injustice and the ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that adds new anti-bias education requirements for providers of maternal ...

Just as firefighters rush into burning buildings to save lives, this team’s specialists mobilize both domestically and ...

Tyler Bohannon, the legislative liaison for the Illinois Department of Agriculture, said that his department opposes the bill ...

— Jenny Hua, interim deputy commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health on how mental health affects Chicago's life expectancy gap between Black and non-Black residents. There is a growing ...

Prime, which is a for-profit company, bought the eight Illinois hospitals in March for more than $370 million from Ascension, ...

Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are pressing Prime Healthcare over pediatric, trauma and OB care cuts at ...

SPRINGFIELD — A bill to ban the sale of firefighter protective gear containing “forever chemicals” is gaining momentum in the Illinois General Assembly, as lawmakers, union leaders and firefighters ...