WHEELING Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined the directors of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Illinois ...

Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in Illinois. Dr. Sameer Vohra writes about an intervention ...

An adult in southern Illinois was confirmed to have measles through laboratory testing April 23, according to IDPH. They say this is not considered an outbreak and the risk of transmission to the ...

Chicago reported three human cases of West Nile virus in the last month as city officials warn the risk of contracting the ...

Gov. JB Pritzker, in a press conference Monday, urged children to get vaccinated before going back to school. The U.S. has ...

According to IDPH, 180 new zip codes representing parts of 47 Illinois counties have been added to the list. That brings the total of high-risk zip codes to more than 1,350.

This is not the year to have everybody over at Grandma’s house," Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. To underscore their point, IDPH released a graphic, "On the 14th day of COVID," to show the ...

(WSIL) -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is adopting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendation to reduce the number of days for isolation and ...

She will go down in the Illinois history books as a woman who saved lives and changed our state for the better.” Amaal V.E. Tokars, PhD., has served as IDPH Assistant Director since June 2020 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois Department of Public Health officials reported 2,071 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 Tuesday and 21 related deaths. There have been 1,673,346 total COVID ...