Public health

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.

The lawmakers praise President Joe Biden’s move to declare Monkeypox a public health emergency, but say much more work needs to be done to curb outbreaks.

COVID-19 cases and deaths have begun to rise in Illinois as the newly dominant BA2 variant of the coronavirus moves through the population. It's hard to say just yet whether it will be a mountain of cases or a speed bump, according to the McLean County Health Department.

Lucinda McCray is a former professor at Illinois State University and author of multiple books, including "Life and Death: Health, Illness and Medicine in McLean County 1830-1995."

The Unit 5 School Board voted 6-1 Wednesday evening to require all students, teachers, and other staff to mask in schools at the start of the year to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The John M. Scott Commission has announced a $485,000 wellness grant to assist health service agencies in McLean County.The funds help agencies meet the…

The McLean County Health Department reported 28 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.New confirmed cases have totaled 95 in the last seven days,…

Gov. JB Pritzker has created new enforcement rules for mask wearing.Pritzker said the statewide emergency order allows warnings and then fines of up to…

For Mary O’Brien, the physical symptoms of COVID-19—that persistent headache, congestion, extreme fatigue—were nothing compared to the emotional and…

The pandemic may have sucked all the oxygen out of the room. But the public health issues that vexed McLean County long before “COVID-19” became a…