Public health

Kwame Raoul called the abrupt termination of funds earmarked in Illinois for wastewater surveillance, laboratory investments and boosting the public health workforce “both callous and unlawful.”

Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic some people have not left it. Most people have moved beyond. Those with Long COVID still contend with what the virus wrought.

A Bloomington-Normal man said his organization's work to fight malaria around the world has proven effective. Now, he said the Trump administration threatens that progress.

State lawmakers are pushing a bill to ban food additives that have been linked to cancer and behavioral issues, but there is a debate over who should regulate it.

Students and community members seeking information on mental health activities and services can attend a two-day event next week at Heartland Community College.

Two Illinois State University health sciences faculty members say communication and building public trust will be key as public health institutions seek to rebuild public trust and retain their grounding in science as a new presidential administration comes into play.

The Community Health Care Clinic in Normal has recovered its federal tax-exempt status. The agency that serves low-income people with no or inadequate health insurance lost its 501-C-3 designation in May of last year.

The City of Bloomington and Town of Normal will spend about $101 million over the next decade to remove lead water pipes leading to people's homes, most of that in Bloomington.

At the last Bloomington City Council meeting, Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe tried to push the council to keep a $1.1 million increase in the property tax levy as the staff had presented. He called it a good compromise that would still result in a tax rate reduction. The attempt failed. The vote was to keep the levy flat.

Illinois Wesleyan University is offering a new degree program in public health, and a nearly $280,000 grant is coming to the McLean County Health Department.