CHICAGO (WLS) -- A person in Cook County has died after an illness related to West Nile virus, officials said Wednesday.. The Cook County Department of Public Health said this was the first death ...

The Cook County medical examiner’s office is looking to move into new digs in the West Loop. The office submitted a request to the Cook County Board of Commissioners to purchase two buildings on a ...

Illinois’ first human case of West Nile virus this year was identified in suburban Cook County, the state’s Department of Public Health announced Wednesday. The mosquito-borne illness typically causes ...

A person in their 90s is the first Cook County resident to die of West Nile virus this year, Illinois Department of Public Health officials announced Wednesday. The department did not state the gender ...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (WLS) -- The first two batches of mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile virus have been discovered it Illinois. The other batch is downstate in Morgan County. The West Nile ...