Health and Medicine

McLean County residents and business owners whose property was damage or destroyed in last week's flash flooding may be able to apply for relief through the Small Business Administration soon.

Residents who have been cleaning out their flooded basements for weeks still face health risks.

McLean County health officials say the emergence of Delta and other highly-contagious COVID variants are a main reason to continue to follow safety precautions.

Reditus Laboratories said cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus are on the rise in Bloomington-Normal and Peoria as they are in many states and regions.

Ten McLean County residents are hospitalized with COVID-19. They are the county's first COVID hospitalizations in mroe than a month.

OSF HealthCare now says it will require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of September.

The Olympia and Heyworth school districts plan to make masks optional for the upcoming school year, pending school board approval.

The state’s higher education agencies released updated COVID-19 guidance Monday encouraging all public and private higher education institutions in Illinois to issue mandatory vaccine policies.

A volunteer with the West Bloomington Revitalization Project say the nonprofit doesn't know it will be able to reopen following last month's flooding.

A Bloomington-Normal doctor says an earlier start to routine colon cancer screenings will save lives.