Illinois Department of Public Health

Chief Financial Officer Hitesh Desai. Desai projected a $12 million revenue loss in the 2020 budget, a $1.4 million jump since the staff’s last projection to City Council.

Chief Financial Officer and Budget Coordinator present City Council with a budget update

June 23, 2020

A mosquito. The year’s first batch of West Nile-positive mosquitoes has been found in Evanston.

First 2020 mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile found in Evanston

June 22, 2020

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks during his daily coronavirus pandemic briefing at the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Springfield, Illinois. On Friday, Pritzker announced the state is moving into Phase 3 of his announced “Restore Illinois Plan.”

Stay-at-home order lifted, Evanston reaches Phase 3

May 30, 2020

The myth of the ‘great equalizer’: Preliminary data show black Evanston residents contract virus at higher rates

The myth of the ‘great equalizer’: Preliminary data show black Evanston residents contract virus at higher rates

April 11, 2020

“Heroes Work Here,” reads a banner outside NorthShore’s Evanston Hospital. The health system conducts about 600 COVID-19 tests every week.

Inside the process of COVID-19 testing in Evanston

April 6, 2020