Protests and events against President Donald Trump's controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people are planned at more than 1,600 loc ...

It is becoming apparent that the increase in ticks and tick bites is corresponding to emergency room visits in Chicago and ...

Months past a federal deadline, more than 90% of at-risk Chicagoans haven’t been told their drinking water could be unsafe.

Chicago faces a heat wave with poor air quality due to wildfire smoke and ozone; temperatures may hit mid-90s.

Recent water testing in Elgin found elevated lead levels in drinking water in some of the homes and buildings most at risk, city officials announced Tuesday.

Mayor Brandon Johnson recently issued the first veto by a Chicago mayor in 19 years. But mayoral vetoes once were common. A look at the history of the mayor’s veto power to the 1850s reveals ...

A former Chicago Public Schools administrator has been found guilty of sexually abusing a former student.

National health system CommonSpirit Health is awarding more than $6 million in grants for mental and behavioral health services in the Chicago area.

Brown said he also expressed talking points from the Chicago Public Health Coalition, which is calling for the city to redirect $300 million in police department funding —used for vacancies and ...

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I am not going to go into HHS and impose my preordained opinions on anybod… ...