Cook County Health, which runs Stroger and Provident hospitals, is considering postponing elective surgeries, rescheduling appointments and sending ambulances to other hospitals depending on if, and ...

Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents are expected to be pushed out of the federal food assistance program for people with low incomes as soon as May 1.

Health officials have confirmed the second case of measles in suburban Cook County this year — in a 4-year-old, unvaccinated child. It’s believed that the child caught measles while traveling ...

COOK COUNTY, lll. — Cook County health officials are alerting residents of a jump in flu activity in the Chicago suburbs. According to a statement from the Cook County Department of Public Health data ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's back-to-school season, and Cook County public health officials are launching a campaign to make sure kids are vaccinated. At a Southwest Side book bag giveaway Wednesday, Araceli ...

Cook County Health, a safety-net hospital in Chicago, partnered with Medicare Advantage plan MoreCare to offer benefits to eligible residents in Cook County, the health system said Oct. 10. More than ...

(The Center Square) – Cook County officials say maternal morbidity and mortality is a public health crisis. County Commissioner Donna Miller said Black women in Illinois are three to four times more ...

The Cook County Department of Public Health confirmed Tuesday the third case of measles in a Cook County suburb and said people may have been exposed to the disease in a Crestwood Aldi. Health ...