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Shoppers leave Kroger supermarket, Carbondale, IL, Saturday, April 4, 2020. Some shoppers opted to wear medical masks to help protect against the Covid-19 pandemic.

April 27 COVID-19 Update: CDC adds six new symptoms for coronavirus

April 27, 2020

Samaritan Saturday: Southern Illinois teacher donates masks to the community

April 18, 2020

The CDC is urging people to act now, just before the October start of the 2018-19 flu season, and get vaccinated. (Arturs Budkevics/Dreamstime/TNS)

Flu killed more Americans last season than car crashes and drug overdoses. But Chicagoans can protect themselves

October 4, 2018

Rauner officials defend handling of Legionnaires’ outbreak at Quincy veterans home

January 9, 2018

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters aboard the USS Iowa battleship in Los Angeles on Sept. 15. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Banning 7 terms at the CDC would have serious consequences, public health experts say

January 8, 2018

Gov. Bruce Rauner watches from his seat in the audience as President Barack Obama speaks on the designation of the Pullman National Monument Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy in Chicago. (Anthony Souffle | Chicago Tribune | TNS)

Rauner spends night in Quincy veterans home plagued by deadly water problems

January 6, 2018

In U.S., 38 percent of adults and 17 percent of kids are now obese, CDC study says

By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times

June 7, 2016

How do government agencies, private foundations, industry groups and professional societies squander hundreds of millions of dollars? By trying to fight America's obesity epidemic.Two new studies show that the best efforts of ...

What you need to know about Zika from the head of the CDC

By Chuck Raasch, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

May 31, 2016

Mosquito season is here, and with it comes the possibility of the Zika virus, a relatively new health risk in the continental United States, especially for pregnant women.The virus has been found to cause microcephaly, which attac...

Nearly 8 in 10 public pools in CDC study failed routine safety inspections

By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times

May 19, 2016

Summer's right around the corner, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is here to remind you that there's nothing like a dip in a public pool — a place where you might encounter tiny bits of fecal matter, parasit...

5 things you should know about the Zika virus

By Rianne Coale, RedEye, Chicago

February 2, 2016

The outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika--pronounced ZEE-kah--virus has been declared a global emergency by the U.N.'s World Health Organization.Prior to 2015, major outbreaks of Zika occurred in areas of Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Isl...

Opinion: Nationwide is not on your side

By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE

February 3, 2015

Seahawks fans were not the only people crying after Sunday’s Super Bowl.The big game draws in every die-hard football fan, but also an audience of people who could not point to Green Bay, Wis., on a map. Some watch for the ...