Meningitis

Bob Hiltermann was four years old when he lost his hearing to spinal meningitis, but another six years would pass before anyone around him would discover he was deaf. He was 10 when a teacher debunked his family’s assumption that he was “...

If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...

The Will County Health Department has responded to the opening of the 2013 mosquito season by activating its annual telephone line to help zero in on potential West Nile virus hot spots by identifying birds that died from the disease. Launched in May...

Derrick Rose's health isn't the only injury situation the Bulls will focus on this offseason. Coach Tom Thibodeau said Thursday the team hopes to avoid surgery in the case of Joakim Noah's chronic plantar fasciitis, that Taj Gibson needs to strengthen...

Luol Deng will not be with the Chicago Bulls when they play Game 7 against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night. Deng remains hospitalized with an undisclosed illness, although earlier in the week he said he might have meningitis, and did not make the...

There's a real chance the Bulls will play Saturday's do-or-die Game 7 in Brooklyn without Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich. And, of course, Derrick Rose remains out following offseason knee surgery. Deng Friday posted a series of tweets to explain his...

MIAMI -- The Bulls will be shorthanded once again Wednesday as they try to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Heat.   Luol Deng is resting at home in Chicago after experiencing serious complications...

Apparently, Tom Thibodeau's definition of improvement is no longer vomiting. Moments after the Bulls coach called Luol Deng "day to day" and left Deng's Game 4 availability open because "hopefully, with another 24 hours he's better," Deng painted a...

With a deadly meningitis outbreak sickening an unusually high number of gay men in New York City, many in South Florida are on edge and on watch. South Florida was among the regions alerted by the New York State Department of Health about recently...

For a third straight time in the series, the Chicago Bulls played Friday night without  Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich. Both sat out Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. There was no change in Derrick Rose's status, as he sat out, as well. Deng...

The thinking for the Chicago Bulls has been the same all season. They realized early they would play the bulk of the year without star guard Derrick Rose. It is that attitude that has allowed them to so easily adjust to playing most of the postseason...

Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose needs to get on the court and play, said the former trainer of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. “It’s a mental state for some people,” Tim Grover, the trainer who began working with Jordan in 1989 and...