After more than two years on the job as leader of Cook County’s Public Health Department, Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck was fired this ...

A brain-eating amoeba case in Missouri highlights the risks of warm freshwater activities, as health officials recommend preventing water from entering the nose.

A man in Missouri contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba, and officials believe he likely got it while water skiing at the ...

Eileen McHale, DPH's health care associated infection coordinator, said the department "strongly" recommends that all ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a package of legislation to protect worker rights and pay standards in Illinois, in response to a ...

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a ...

The review by the state Office of the Auditor General also found 59 sex offenders with addresses within 300 feet of a child ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expected to give an update on the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Central Harlem.

An education technology company that built an app for Los Angeles students to receive telehealth services during the school ...

In today’s Novant Healthy Headlines, Tonya Rivens chats with Dr. Sarah Steelman, the medical director of the Novant Health Hemby Children’s Hospital Emergency Department, about what to expect and the ...

Health workers say distrust and anger are being amplified by misinformation about the safety of immunizations.

Four Michigan men — including two doctors — have been charged in a $7 million illegal opioid distribution conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. announced on Thursday.