The post-holiday blues are worse for many this season as the coronavirus pandemic continues to fuel anxiety and depression. That's according to Joan Hartman, vice president of strategy and public policy at Chestnut Health Systems in Bloomington.

If you think politics and religion are tough topics at the family holiday dinner table, try discussing family health histories or more specifically the health of your colon.

The head of public health in McLean County says it's too soon to tell what the agency's staffing needs will be in the future, because it's unclear what COVID-19's long-term impacts might be.

Childhood obesity rates saw a big jump during the pandemic as many kids had less access to healthy food and group activities during COVID shutdowns.

The chief medical officer at Carle BroMenn and Carle Eureka hospitals says he doesn't see COVID-19 ever going away, but Dr. Jim Nevin says treatments will hopefully make it more manageable over time.

A health educator, who will speak next week at Illinois State University, plans to track children's physical activity and their environment as part of a 10-year study on how a community can impact a child's health.

OSF St. Joseph Medical Center officially dedicates its new cancer center Thursday. St. Joseph President Lynn Fulton said the $9 million project introduces the practice of multidisciplinary clinics to the Twin Cities.

New studies show encouraging signs for people undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer. A radiation oncologist at the Carle Cancer Institute in Normal, Patrick Fernandes, says early studies show radiation could be done in one week instead of the current six to eight weeks.

An infectious disease expert in McLean County says fear of needles is likely contributing to COVID vaccine hesitancy. Studies have shown fear of needles is great among children.

In this installment of the Sound Health series, WGLT spoke to two leaders with OSF HealthCare’s Hospice program: social worker Laura Baker and manager Michelle Jackson.