Joining the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is the state’s latest move into an area that was previously the domain of the federal government, before ...

The proposed 0.5% sales tax increase would fund the new board. The effort came about in the aftermath of Sonya Massey's ...

The Trump administration has cut $100 million in "critical" funding for local public health departments in Illinois, ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is asking residents to consider contributing a portion of their tax refund to support various charitable funds.

Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health released its first ever five-year surveillance report on carbon monoxide poisoning, showing that most incidents happen at home and are preventable. The report ...

Illinois has confirmed its first measles case of 2026, with officials identifying one exposure site in Collinsville and ...

Health care makes up a large chunk of the nearly 300 new state laws that went into effect Jan. 1, including an expansion of Illinois' anti-discrimination act enshrining a person's reproductive history ...

January 1, 2024 ushered in a new year and new changes to the Illinois Antitrust Act, the State Finance Act, and the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. These changes result in new requirements ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, but the state continues to fail to provide ...