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Quarantine comes to an end for the last of the hantavirus ship passengers in Nebraska

June 22, 2026 at 3:33 p.m.

The last eight American passengers who endured 42 days in a specialized hospital quarantine unit...

June 22, 2026 at 8:12 a.m.

Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths,...

June 21, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Across Illinois, 19 hospitals — mostly safety net hospitals like West Suburban and Weiss —...

June 22, 2026 at 6:19 p.m.

Scientists are exploring whether microplastics contribute to or cause Parkinson’s disease, impaired fertility, premature births,...

June 19, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

The ruling is a clear legal victory for abortion rights advocates, but it’s not the...

June 19, 2026 at 3:47 p.m.

PETA has called on the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office to investigate Ruwaldt Packing Co. in...

June 19, 2026 at 9:50 a.m.

The first detected presence of West Nile virus has been reported in Wilmette, Evanston and...

June 18, 2026 at 3:36 p.m.

The nearly 500-member Chicagoland Nurse Honor Guard conducts ceremonies at funerals of nurses 'to honor...

June 18, 2026 at 12:24 p.m.

U.S. health advisers are debating a new kind of flu vaccine Thursday, the first made...

June 17, 2026 at 10:10 a.m.

The foundation of Chicago philanthropists John and Kathy Schreiber is donating $35 million to Northwestern...