Cook County accounted for 21,288 of the 39,329 abortions performed statewide in 2017, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health report issued in December, which tracks abortions performed on an annual basis.

This weekend’s snowstorm stands as one of the greatest November storms, accumulating more than a foot of snow in Cook County.

Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day designated by the World Health Organization, and is commemorated on December 1st each year.

Arun Sharma, PhD, from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute recently received a $300,000 Catalyst Research Award from the highly selective and competitive Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust.

After School Matters is now taking applications for its spring 2019 lineup of programs, which will start the week of Feb. 12, according to a statement the organization released Dec. 3.

The Chicago City Council recently approved a zoning change that would allow the nonprofit Heartland Alliance to setup a job training program for former prisoners in a portion of a shuttered elementary school in Austin at 815-831 N.

Chicago adults identified drug abuse, obesity, and child abuse and neglect as the top three big health problems for children and adolescents in the city, according to results from a new survey developed by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH).

The Higgins Family of Chicago’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood is experiencing a holiday season that they will likely never forget.

Think a pretzel is a healthy snack?

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), on World AIDS Day, today celebrates that HIV diagnoses in Chicago hit a new record low after five consecutive years of declines.

Derek Black was the heir apparent of white nationalism.

With speculation still bubbling about what led federal agents to recently raid the offices of longtime Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, Ed Keefe wonders if he has a clue.

Cook County Board's new Board of Review chairman, Dan Patlak, continues to voice is disappointment in fellow review board members who failed to support a staffing resolution during a meeting earlier this week.

Federal authorities continue to be tight-lipped about the reasons behind a recent early-morning raid on the Chicago City Council and ward offices of the city’s longest-tenured alderman.

Longtime Chicago alderman Ed Burke is standing firm in his position after his City Council and ward offices were recently raided by federal authorities.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports all the current telltale signs suggest the recent raid on the offices of veteran Chicago Alderman Ed Burke have nothing at this point to do with his association with President Donald Trump.

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Learn how you can help in the fight against HIV during our World AIDS Day

While probiotics are often used to treat acute gastroenteritis (also known as infectious diarrhea) in children, the latest evidence shows no significant differences in outcomes, compared to a placebo.

Illinois PIRG’S Trouble in Toyland finds dangerous toys on shelves during holiday shopping season