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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued its fall respiratory virus vaccine guidance and issued a statewide standing ...

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — Health officials in Illinois have identified the state’s first measles case of 2026. On Tuesday, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the first confirmed ...

Illinois health officials announced Wednesday that a case of measles has been confirmed in a patient in far southern Illinois, marking the first case in the state in 2025. According to the Illinois ...

Four of the cases were reported in southern Illinois and two in Cook County, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. One of the new cases was confirmed in the Franklin-Williamson ...

Now that spring is here, the Illinois Department of Public Health is warning folks to stay aware of ticks.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Public Health reports an outbreak involving at least 11 people in the state who recently became ill after consuming raw milk. The IDPH has so far ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding Illinoisans to take appropriate precautions against tick bites after an Illinois resident became seriously ill with Powassan ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Six measles cases are confirmed in Illinois so far this year, including two new cases in Southern Illinois confirmed over the weekend, the Illinois Department of Public Health ...