The Illinois Department of Public Health launched a new dashboard, which methodically presents statewide data about violent deaths and firearm injury rates, last month. The violent deaths data was sourced...

In the last three years, Kiana Smith has transitioned from Panera Bread employee in the Northwestern Memorial Hospital building to hospital patient care technician.  In what she described as a “shot...

Before recently, the word “Legionella” may not have rang any bells for the average Evanston resident. However, the bacteria was recently found in YWCA Evanston/North Shore’s hot water supply Oct....

Respiratory virus and COVID-19 levels are low across all Illinois counties, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health news release Friday. The state’s virus level is “Minimal,” the...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported 64 measles cases in the state this year. Last year, the state saw five cases of measles, and the last case before 2023 was in 2019.  The first...