The McDonough County Health Department has announced the relaunch of the DineSmart website, a platform that provides the public with up-to-date inspection reports for all licensed food establishments ...

With budget negotiations around the corner, advocates from across Illinois have written a letter asking Gov. JB Pritzker to ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is urging the public to seek treatment if experiencing flu-like symptoms.

Wildlife professionals and advocates are grappling with an avian influenza outbreak that seems to be growing more virulent ...

There were about five times as many emergency department visits for flu as there were for COVID-19, according to IDPH data ...

The CDC has confirmed 67 cases of bird flu in humans since January 2025. While that number might seem low, the other ways it ...

There's widespread confusion and fear among scientists and doctors on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus and at institutions dependent on the agency's funding.

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act in Illinois, which ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Cases of flu are driving an increase in emergency department visits and hospital admissions in Illinois, state health officials announced. The state’s overall respiratory illness ...

Five children have died from the flu in Illinois this season, and health officials are cautioning residents after the state’s ...

SPRINGFIELD/CHICAGO The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that after a one-week dip, the state’s overall ...