Illinois Department of Public Health news and information from the Shaw Local News Network
A developmentally disabled woman who is a resident of the Marklund Hyde Center Campus near Geneva became pregnant as a result of sexual abuse and gave birth at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital.
Illinois Department of Public Health recalls Biniki Solar Eclipse Glasses.
IDPH has also confirmed this week that there was a third pediatric death due to influenza, all with December onsets
RSV is causing a heavy burden of pediatric hospitalizations and the percent of lab tests that are positive for RSV have been rising for 10 consecutive weeks, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health
In northern Illinois, the counties at an elevated level are: Lee, Ogle, Whiteside, Carroll, Boone, Winnebago, Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Marshall and Kankakee counties
A new state health report pinpoints racism as a public health crisis while also noting Illinois needs to improve in the areas of maternal and infant health, mental health and substance use disorders.
Lee and Ogle counties are 2 of the 20 statewide counties up to medium level of COVID-19 activity
IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra said that the Illinois Wastewater Surveillance System is indicating moderate COVID activity across all sampling regions in Illinois. The CDC is expected to issue guidance in September about the newly developed COVID-19 boosters for fall.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced several new programs to help address the influx of out-of-state abortion seekers Illinois has seen in the 13 months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced it is revising how it collects and reports data on abortions in Illinois in order to protect the privacy and safety of those who receive abortions and abortion providers
The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced that it became easier for Illinois residents to change the gender listed on their birth certificate as of July 1, under a new law signed by Governor JB Pritzker in February.
The Mabley Center, a residential facility for the mentally and physically disabled in Dixon, was issued an “immediate jeopardy tag” Thursday after an apparent sexual assault of one resident by another on May 14, an Illinois Department of Human Services spokeswoman confirmed.
In the coming weeks, IDPH will begin delivery of approximately 1,090 air purifiers that will be distributed among 45 different Head Start programs throughout the state
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that cases of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) are on the rise in Chicago and suburban Cook County.
A bat found Wednesday in a Woodstock home tested positive for rabies, the McHenry County Department of Health said in a news release.