The Lown Institute gave Mercy Medical Center an overall “A” on its 2025–26 Hospitals Index, which measures social responsibility through metrics about equity, value and patient ...

H.R. 1 prohibits Medicaid payments for one year to nonprofit organizations that provide abortions and also received at least ...

The discovery of four different subtypes of autism is a major step toward understanding the condition’s genetic underpinnings ...

By this time next year, the state will require lead testing for all children statewide, the Illinois Department of Public Health says.

American health care is blessed with motivated clinicians, care teams and hospital and health system leaders who strive to ...

A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare to humans, with on average about seven cases reported annually ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has identified 16 ZIP codes in Kane County that are high-risk for lead exposure, ...

The Aurora Police Department is stepping up patrols over the weekend due to social media posts inviting teenagers to fight at a local mall.

"The situation is very catastrophic because the electricity will abruptly go off within 24 hours," one doctor warned.

A Colorado dentist is set to go on trial next week, accused of killing his wife by poisoning her protein shakes. Prosecutors ...

U.S. biofuel makers will consume more than half of all soybean oil produced in the United States next year as a recent flurry ...