CDC study shows high levels of carcinogenic gas near north suburban Chicago facilities
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For years, the CBS 2 Investigators documented cases of cancer in the areas around the manufacturing plants.
For years, the CBS 2 Investigators documented cases of cancer in the areas around the manufacturing plants.
The strain is "very, very similar" to the JN.1 variant from earlier this year.
The new report shows more than 4,500 people died due to drowning every year from 2020 to 2022 - 500 more per year than compared to 2019.
First known HIV cases from a nonsterile injection for cosmetic reasons highlights the risk of unlicensed providers.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of death linked to alcohol use started climbing during the first part of the pandemic – up 34% from just four years earlier.
A total of eight cases of measles have now been identified in Chicago, and all but one were associated with a migrant shelter in Pilsen. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now asking passengers to volunteer for their noses to be swabbed – and to answer questions about their travel.
Three more cases of measles were reported at the migrant shelter on Halsted Street in Pilsen Tuesday, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now on the ground in Chicago. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
There have now been a total of eight cases at the shelter in Pilsen. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
As of Tuesday, four of the five detected cases had been traced back to the Halsted Street shelter in Pilsen – the largest migrant shelter in the city. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Illinois is the latest state to see cases of measles in 2024, according to the CDC's tally.
The new recommendations apply to COVID-19 and other viruses, like flu and RSV.
The new guidelines end guidance for Americans to stay home for five days after testing positive for COVID. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The updated vaccine is also available to those with compromised immune systems.
Babies born prematurely are at greater risk of health complications, and the CDC says the preterm birth rate is up 12% since 2014.
The meat trays come in twin packs that include prosciutto, sweet soppressata, and dry coppa or black pepper-coated dry salami, Italian dry salami, dry coppa, and prosciutto.
CDC investigating fruit from HMC Farms after one person died and 10 are hospitalized following a listeria outbreak.
Arwady confirmed she has taken a position with the CDC in Atlanta, leading the National Center for Injury Prevention & Control, starting Jan. 16, 2024.
CBS News' Michael George spoke with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doctors about what this all means -- and our future against COVID.
Up to 10,000 deaths and 160,000 hospitalizations a year are caused by RSV in seniors.
The CDC is investigating a nationwide outbreak of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria — Pseudomonas aeruginosa — which has infected 68 people in 16 states.
For the first time, rates are higher among some racial and ethnic groups. CBS News' Bradley Blackburn reports.
The CDC says three people have died, eight have lost their vision and four had an eyeball removed.
A pedestrian was struck in a crash that involved at least six vehicles and shut down a portion of the Edens Expressway in Chicago's north suburbs early Sunday.
Ayo Dosunmu scored a season-high 29 points and the short-handed Chicago Bulls topped the Miami Heat 125-118 on Saturday night.
They are in the exhibition "Stories of Survival: Object, Image, Memory" at the Illinois Holocaust Museum presents Experience360.
Some are concerned the change could cause hundreds of thousands of people in Illinois to lose their benefits.
The Sacramento Kings are acquiring De'Andre Hunter from the Cleveland Cavaliers in a deal that sends forward Dario Saric and two future second-round picks to the Chicago Bulls, according to a league source.
Funding for many federal agencies expired on Saturday after Congress failed to pass half a dozen spending bills before the deadline, prompting a partial government shutdown.
The Justice Department released more new documents Friday from the Jeffrey Epstein files, more than a month after the DOJ's original deadline to do so.
The Senate passed a deal on a package of spending bills late Friday, sending it to the House, though funding for dozens of government agencies has still lapsed.
President Trump says he is nominating Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, filling a powerful economic policy role as the president pushes for lower interest rates.
President Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for at least $10 billion, claiming the agencies unlawfully allowed an IRS contractor to leak his tax returns and those of his sons and company.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
Catherine O'Hara was best known for her comic performances in projects including "Home Alone," "Beetlejuice," and "Schitt's Creek."
Skiing great Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Among the 25 films selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved for future generations are "The Big Chill," Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel," the Civil War drama "Glory," and John Carpenter's "The Thing."
In a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal, Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, revealed that the right frontal lobe of his brain was injured in a car accident 25 years ago.
Sales of tickets to NHL games jumped more than 20% after the hit HBO show debuted in the fall, according to ticket vendor.
A pedestrian was struck in a crash that involved six vehicles and shut down a portion of the Edens Expressway in Chicago’s north suburbs early Sunday.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 6 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.
The items are in the exhibition "Stories of Survival: Object, Image, Memory" at the Illinois Holocaust Museum presents Experience360. Joe Donlon reports.
Beginning Sunday, anyone without a Real ID or passport will have to pay an extra $45 to travel and may be subject to additional screening. Asal Rezaei reports.
Some are concerned the new rules could cause hundreds of thousands of people in Illinois to lose their benefits. Victor Jacobo reports.
Passengers without Real IDs can still fly if they pay a $45 fee, which covers the cost of additional identity verification screening.
Some are concerned the change could cause hundreds of thousands of people in Illinois to lose their benefits.
A pedestrian was struck in a crash that involved at least six vehicles and shut down a portion of the Edens Expressway in Chicago's north suburbs early Sunday.
The signing comes amid reports of another federal immigration surge planned in Chicago, possibly in the spring.
They are in the exhibition "Stories of Survival: Object, Image, Memory" at the Illinois Holocaust Museum presents Experience360.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have required him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
A Lake County woman has a warning for other homeowners, after she said a contractor took thousands of dollars, destroyed part of her home, and then vanished, even leaving his tools behind.
The crash on June 7, 2024, killed 76-year-old Bernice Pawilan. The driver had a history of traffic offenses, and, in fact, wasn't supposed to be on the road at all.
A town hall meeting on Monday night addressed the concerns of residents paying higher water bills after being forced to use a private utility company.
Ayo Dosunmu scored a season-high 29 points and the short-handed Chicago Bulls topped the Miami Heat 125-118 on Saturday night.
The Sacramento Kings are acquiring De'Andre Hunter from the Cleveland Cavaliers in a deal that sends forward Dario Saric and two future second-round picks to the Chicago Bulls, according to a league source.
Charlie Coyle had his second career hat trick, Mathieu Olivier added a goal and an assist and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Friday night.
Depsite coming off a third straight 100-loss season in 2025, there is some excitement building for the White Sox heading into 2026, with a young core that helped them improve by 19 wins last year.
Skiing great Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
It was Thanksgiving Eve 2020, and Melissa Lamesch was excited about the upcoming birth of her first child. Investigators would learn there was someone who was not as enthused — the expectant father, firefighter Matthew Plote.
A Chicago man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for the execution-style murder of a senior citizen in Chinatown in 2021.
Brendan Banfield testified that he did not fatally stab his wife in 2023, but instead shot the man who did.
A jury has found a Wisconsin man guilty of forging threats against President Donald Trump in an attempt to get a witness against him deported.
A man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly impersonating an FBI agent and trying to free Luigi Mangione, according to federal court filings and a law enforcement source.
