CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois public health officials reported 24,423 new COVID-19 cases and 79 related deaths Tuesday. "We're asking our residents to temporarily hold off on important medical care like ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois public health officials reported 18,942 new COVID-19 cases Thursday and 78 related deaths. It is the highest number of cases reported in a single day since the pandemic began ...

Peak respiratory virus season is quickly approaching in Illinois, and public health officials recommend three vaccines, ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — State health officials are now making their own recommendations about several vaccines, including the COVID-19 shot. Dr. Ravi Jhaveri, head of Infectious Diseases at Lurie Children’s ...

Illinois announced its own vaccination guidelines this afternoon, defying the Trump administration, after the state's immunization advisory group voted to recommend almost everyone over the age of 6 ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Illinois’ public health director is urging all adults and many children to get a COVID-19 vaccination, but the policy differs from federal guidelines. Just one day after the Illinois ...

CHICAGO -- Illinois announced Saturday that a Chicago infant with a COVID-19 infection has died. The Illinois Department of Public Health said it's the first COVID-19 related death of an infant in the ...

A former southern Illinois church pastor was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for fraudulently getting COVID-19 relief ...

Terry L. Hall, 58, of McLeansboro, was convicted on two counts of wire fraud and three counts of making false statements ...