CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois reported 2,465 new COVID cases and 16 new deaths Friday. The Illinois Dept. of Public Health says "daily deaths reported on weekends and at the beginning of the week may be ...

Retail and community pharmacies are stepping in to fill public health data gaps as the respiratory virus season begins amid a federal government shutdown that has paused routine tracking by the CDC.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois reported 644 new COVID cases and two new deaths Tuesday. IDPH said "daily deaths reported on weekends and at the beginning of the week may be low" and "those deaths will be ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois reported 5,205 new COVID cases and seven new deaths Tuesday. Cook County remains in the "high" category for COVID transmission. IDPH said "daily deaths reported on weekends ...

A new COVID-19 variant is spreading fast in the United States, becoming the third-most common strain of the summer. Health data indicates a potential disconnect in Mississippi between the number of ...

You likely don’t associate summertime with coughing, chills and sneezing, but COVID-19 has changed that reality. Research shows that COVID tends to spike twice annually — once in the winter and once ...

Some states are being hit harder than others this summer as a new COVID-19 strain (XGF) continues to spread. Some regions of the U.S. are still experiencing higher rates of positive COVID tests than ...

Six more US children died of influenza last week, for a total of 66 pediatric deaths this respiratory illness season, as flu ...

A new COVID variant called NB.1.8.1 is spreading fast in the world. It was first found in China in January 2025. Now, it makes up 10% of all COVID samples globally, which is a big jump from 2.5% four ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — As summer continues, something to watch out for is the highly contagious, new strain of ...