New Illinois public health laws started Jan. 1: overdose reporting, prenatal syphilis tests, campus contraception; ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced that seven new laws relating to public health will take effect on ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that new public health laws will take effect on January 1, 2026.

Illinois public health laws effective 2026 enhance overdose reporting, maternal care, contraception access, One Health ...

The report covered a variety of alcohol use-related topics including alcohol use among young people, alcohol use in adults, ...

Bachelor of Science program in Public Health prepares students to work in Public Health and Community Health settings. Students in this major develop competence in the public health core disciplines ...

As Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker looks to end a state health insurance program for low-income immigrant adults held up as a national model, a new preliminary study suggests providing coverage actually ...

Last week, Governor J. B. Pritzker made Illinois the first state to require mental-health screenings for all public school students. The governor boasted that such assessments, which screen every ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is pulling back $477 million from Illinois that was to be used to prevent infectious disease and treat mental health and substance abuse issues. The Illinois ...

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