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Services have been all but shut down at an HIV/AIDS service center on the city's West Side for the past two weeks, after vandals stole copper from the building and left it without electricity or air conditioning.
The hunt for life beyond earth continues as rover curiosity heads for a Sunday landing on Mars.
It's no secret many foods contain sugar, but you might be shocked to learn just how much is in some seemingly healthy options.
Starting today, as many as 47 million women in the U.S. could be eligible for free preventive health care services, under a provision of President Barack Obama's health care law.
It can cause blindness and make skin all over your body fall off, and doctors say it's an illness that can be triggered by taking something as simple as ibuprofen or acetaminophen. It's called Stevens Johnson Syndrome.
The City of Chicago is taking action Tuesday and Wednesday, in hopes of minimizing Chicagoans' chances of getting the West Nile virus.
Gov. Pat Quinn on Sunday announced the Illinois Fresh Food Fund to increase the availability of fresh food in underserved communities and neighborhoods throughout the state.
Food activists piled 21 packs of Twinkies next to half an apple at Daley Plaza on Thursday to demonstrate the size of federal subsidies going to ingredients for junk food.
A summer camp in the far northern suburbs exposes kids to more than just fun and games, it's also about learning to live a healthy life with diabetes.
The City of Evanston has closed all of its lakefront beaches for the day, after water tests showed dangerous levels of E. coli bacteria.
With the first reported human cases of the West Nile virus in the Chicago area, local health departments are taking no chances.
The West Nile virus is back. State health officials have confirmed two human cases in the northwest suburbs.
CBS 2's Kris Gutierrez talks with a nutrition expert about some of the different products in the marketplace.
This week's heavy rain is long gone, but in the next few days we should be seeing more reminders of it – of the buzzing and biting variety.
Wheaton College on Wednesday joined Catholic University of America in filing a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's requirement that employers, except for churches, provide insurance that covers birth control services.
