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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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…
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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,…