A heat advisory is in effect for the Chicago area, with humidity driving the heat index up to 105-115 degrees.

Vaccination rates in Chicago so far this winter for seasonal respiratory infections like COVID-19 and the flu are slightly down from last year, which public health officials say could be a result o… ...

Chicago doctors urge residents to get flu vaccine amid rise in cases 02:32. CHICAGO (CBS) – The flu has landed more people in the hospital nationwide this year than it has in the last decade.

In Chicago, flu activity increased from high to very high during the same week, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Statewide, ...

Health experts are expressing concern that this winter's flu season will be worse than others Published October 7, 2022 • Updated on October 7, 2022 at 7:48 pm ...

They've detected a sudden burst of the 2009 swine flu spreading right here in the Chicago area. Microbiologist Paul Schreckenberger says last week alone, 21 patients tested positive for Influenza A.

No children in Chicago died of the seasonal flu during the 2023-24 season, which runs from September to May, according to the department. One of the deaths occurred the first week of the year, and ...

One hundred years ago, one of the worst plagues in history — a pandemic of Spanish influenza — spread across the globe and slammed into Chicago. The 1918 flu pandemic killed quickly ...

Coronavirus’ impact on Chicago recalls the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19 Kissing was discouraged, public dancing was outlawed, and spitting on sidewalk became a police matter, as the Sun-Times ...

In addition to overcrowded emergency rooms and pediatricians' offices, school systems are feeling the impact. Flu season 2024-2025. So far, there have been at least 20 million illnesses, 250,000 ...

A killer was stalking Chicago in the fall of 1918, a killer called the Spanish flu. The city had never seen anything like it. On this October 17th — on this one day alone — 381 Chicagoans died.

More than 200 birds have died from a presumed outbreak of avian flu at a Chicago-area forest preserve, according to authorities. The deaths occurred at the Baker’s Lake forest preserve, the ...