Retired NBA player Dikembe Mutombo visited patients at Lurie Children’s Hospital – and this video of him coloring with a child at the hospital will melt your heart.

With the NBA All-Star weekend nearly here, there are plenty of big moments planned. But first up for many current and former players was a stop at Lurie Children’s Hospital to spend some quality time with patients.

Hospitals across the Chicago area are reporting a spike in cases of a respiratory virus that can be dangerous for young children.

Chicago-area hospitals report spike in respiratory virus that can be dangerous for young kids. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has the story.

Doctors at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago saved the lives of three children this holiday season by performing successful heart transplants in four days. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Doctors at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago saved the lives of three children this holiday season by performing successful heart transplants in four days. One of the children, nine-year-old Olivia Donnelly, had been on the transplant list for several months. Thanks to Dr. Philip Thrush, medical director of the heart transplantation program, and Dr. Carl Backer, a cardiovascular surgeon,...

A prominent children’s hospital in Chicago has terminated an employee who allegedly accessed patients’ medical records “without a business need” for more than a year.

A teenage boy was shot in the head Thursday while being driven home by his mother from a high school dance in Albany Park on the Northwest Side.

A teenage boy was shot in the head Thursday while being driven home by his mother from a high school dance in Albany Park on the Northwest Side.

Cellphone video captured by a Gurnee high school student shows the moment when a 17-year-old boy was beaten by a classmate after allegedly arguing on the bus ride to school Wednesday. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

A toddler was killed after being hit by a vehicle Sunday in west suburban Lisle.

Illinois officials are pushing a bill that would require new technology aimed at preventing hot car deaths. Kate Chappell reports. For more information, The National Safety Council offers a free online course about the danger of vehicular heatstroke in children <a href=”https://www.nsc.org/road-safety/safety-topics/child-passenger-safety/kids-hot-cars”>here</a>. 

Authorities say a man left his two sons in a hot pickup truck for more than two hours while he went into Lake Forest Hospital on Monday.