Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about ...

In Chicago, test positivity for the flu was at 11.2% for the week that ended Dec. 21, up from just 2.6% two weeks earlier. About 2.8% of emergency department visits were for the flu for the week ...

Chicago flu cases spike, most intense in 15 years. Here's where to get a free vaccine. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on doctors’ visits for flu-like symptoms indicate ...

Seasonal flu-related hospitalizations and outpatient visits reached a 15-year high during the 2024-25 season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Flu activity “continues to rapidly increase,” RSV activity is “very high,” and COVID-19 activity is low but increasing, according to a Dec. 27 Chicago Department of Public Health ...

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… ...

CHICAGO — Monitors with an area bird tracking organization say that they've determined that a number of ducks have succumbed to bird flu along Lake Michigan. The Chicago Bird Collision Monitors ...

It’s the latest in a string of deaths and infections in and around Chicago. Outbreaks of the virus, also called H5N1 or avian flu, have decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds nationwide.

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 ...

Bird flu spreading in wild birds across the U.S. Between Dec. 29, 2024, and Jan. 17 of this year, there were 65 new detections of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds across 20 ...

Chicago flu cases spike, most intense in 15 years. Here's where to get a free vaccine. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on doctors’ visits for flu-like symptoms indicate ...