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 ...

A Third human case of West Nile virus in Illinois has been reported, this time in DuPage County. The DuPage County Health ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- In the midst of the corornavirus outbreak, health officials report an increase in cases of the flu in Illinois and issue a new warning in the fight against influenza. The Illinois ...

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.