Summer may be winding down, but with the hot, wet weather the Chicago area has been having, pests like mosquitoes and ticks ...

Weiss Memorial Hospital will be kicked off Medicare and Medicaid programs, and a report suggests it could face closure when ...

This is part of a series of stories featuring master’s degree programs at the University of Chicago. For more than a century, ...

Chicago, Cook County and Illinois are on the cusp of ending the HIV epidemic in our city, county and state. But that progress is fragile.

World leaders meeting in Geneva, Switzerland​ this week have been discussing a treaty meant to end the problem of plastic ...

“People are going to continue to keep purchasing guns,” said Smith, a life coach with Chicago CRED, a violence prevention ...

Chicago-based Weiss Memorial Hospital faces uncertainty after CMS in late July shared plans to terminate its Medicare program participation. “[The Illinois Department of Public Health] continues to ...

In Chicago, advocacy groups have complained about cooling centers closing to the public over holidays and weekends, even during a heat wave.

Public health data shows the 60620, 60623, 60628 and 60651 ZIP codes historically see more heat-related emergencies than other locations, Ige said.

Interim CTA President Nora Leerhsen on Wednesday faced questions from members of the Chicago City Council who are seeking to ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has doled out tens of thousands of dollars in fines to dozens of nursing homes ...