Chicago teens are learning how to make communities healthier through a new summer public health program at UIC.

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

The “Good Trouble Lives On” national day of action honors the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis. Protests ...

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

CHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson was watching the news during the worst heat wave in her city’s history when she learned that a man she’d known since she was a child had been found dead on the steps of a church ...

The Chicago City Council passed a “snap” curfew ordinance on June 18 that allows the superintendent to impose short-notice ...

Chicago heat wave, which took place 30 years ago this week, remains the Chicago area's deadliest weather disaster.

An air quality alert in the Chicago area will stretch into a third day as pollutants continue to linger in the air at high ...

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

Protests and events against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to ...

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