City/County Health Department

A $6 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development will be used to continue the health department's Lead Safe Program that provides inspections and lead removal for Peoria homes built prior to 1978, when the federal ban on lead paint went into effect.

In July, it will be two years since the Peoria City/County Health Department first took up the funding for Cure Violence, a nonprofit emphasizing communication and intervention to end gun violence.

The Peoria City/County Health Department says the public should take extra precautions after a bat with rabies was found in Peoria County.

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Heat Warning for our region until Saturday, 7/22 at 8 P.M. With the onset of hot summer temperatures…

Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties are now joined together in the state’s first regional health assessment. Health departments are required to…

Mid-size American cities like Peoria face some of the nation’s deepest challenges with poverty, health and a lack of investment. A new initiative hopes to…