Flu season has already begun, with one pediatric and two adult deaths reported in the U.S.

Cook County Hospital issued the following announcement on Oct. 15.A body is like a car: they both need regular maintenance.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is taking a new approach to supporting the health and wellness of Chicago area teens.

On Oct. 5, state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (8th) and a busload of relatives and neighbors of prison incarcerated individuals visited prison officials at the Stateville Development Center in Joliet to push for more humane conditions and better preparation for prisoners returning to society.

Around 30 people from north Austin, Galewood and other communities that are part of Chicago Police Department's 25th District marched down Central Avenue on the morning of Oct. 4 to not only bring attention to the issue of domestic violence, but to let those affected by it know that there is help.

Highly caffeinated energy drinks are hugely popular for their ability to energize the tired and weary, especially young adults.

Having trouble getting your children to eat healthy?

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Corporation Counsel Ed Siskel today announced that the City of Chicago filed a lawsuit to block the latest attempt by Attorney General Sessions and the Trump Justice Department to impose new and unlawful conditions on the 2018 Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant, in blatant disregard for several federal court rulings invalidating the same or similar conditions.

"Too many Americans have to choose between filling a prescription and filling the dinner table.

Tagged with asthma, children Little girl using his inhaler October 10, 2018 Did you know that asthma often starts during childhood?

Lurie Children’s is one of 10 Chicago hospitals to join forces with US Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) to reduce violence.

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A majority of Americans want the government and private sector to do more to protect LGBTQ rights.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Commission on Human Relations Chair and Commissioner Mona Noriega announced the latest recognition of the City’s efforts to ensure inclusion and protections for Chicago’s LGBTQ community with Chicago receiving a 100-point rating in the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Municipal Equality Index.

"There they go again. The Trump Administration never ceases to amaze, and this is just further proof that they are out of step with the people of Chicago and out of touch with reality

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and David Whitaker, President & CEO of Choose Chicago, today announced that for the second consecutive year, Conde Nast Traveler’s readers have voted Chicago as the best big city in the U.S.

Many injuries in the fall come from contact sports such as football and ice hockey.

“By the time you finish reading this, at least six people will have killed themselves around the world.” That’s the first line of Lady Gaga’s moving op-ed on mental health and suicide, published Tuesday in the British newspaper The Guardian, which she co-authored with Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization.

Dozens of breast cancer survivors, fighters and family members from across Illinois, flanked by clinicians involved in their care, gathered to #PinkOut the Chicago Bulls preseason home game on October 10.

Gov. Bruce Rauner and a handful of public officials and private-sector partners touted a spending plan for railway infrastructure slated to boost Illinois’ economy by approximately $3.8 billion.