Vaccination rates in Chicago so far this winter for seasonal respiratory infections like COVID-19 and the flu are slightly down from last year, which public health officials say could be a result o… ...

Hospitals like the University of Chicago, Northwestern and Loyola have seen a very early rise in flu cases.

In Chicago, flu activity increased from high to very high during the same week, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health.

With concerns over COVID-19 growing among health experts as winter approaches, the lack of mitigation measures and widespread mask wearing have officials fearing the worst flu season since the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --In regards to the coronavirus, the numbers in the Chicago area are trending in the wrong direction. Chicago and Cook County just moved from low to medium level in terms of cases ...

It comes after no children died of the seasonal flu during the 2023-24 season, which runs from September to May, according to the agency.

Typically, flu activity starts to pick up around Halloween and peaks in February. This year, however, the virus got off to a later start, with activity only just picking up in recent weeks.

Cases of COVID-19 and influenza are up in Chicago, a surge health officials say is likely due to recent socializing during Thanksgiving. The number of new lab-confirmed COVID cases in Chicago was ...

As Chicago residents have been partaking in festivities over the past several weeks, various illnesses have taken hold. Flu activity “continues to rapidly increase,” RSV activity is “very high,” and ...

Chicago health officials urged residents to get the flu shot and COVID booster now, and to get children the shots as respiratory virus cases rise.

COVID and the flu are on the rise in the Chicago area. Meanwhile, a new report out from the Chicago Department of Public Health shows that HIV has ticked up slightly but that AIDS diagnoses have ...