Health

Nationwide Pet News: FDA Clears New Anxiety Treatment for Dogs

Silver Spring, MD – Dog owners across the U.S. have a new treatment option for anxiety-related behaviors as the Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind medication this week. According...

Urgent Recall: Elevated Lead Found in Popular Children’s Fruit Puree Pouches, FDA Warns

Raleigh, North Carolina - In a joint investigation, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the...

New FDA-Approved At-Home Fentanyl Test: A Game Changer in Battling Opioid Crisis?

CHICAGO – The FDA Thursday greenlit the Alltest Fentanyl Urine Test Cassette, marking it the debut over-the-counter tool...

Protect Your Baby: The ABCs of Safe Sleep Could Save Lives

CHICAGO – October marks the critical Infant Safe Sleep Awareness Month, and Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services...

Cancer-Beating Mammograms in Full Swing as Breast Cancer Awareness Month Kicks Off

CHICAGO, IL - Today marks the beginning of October, and with it, the start of Breast Cancer Awareness...

Pritzker discouraged some long-term care workers refuse to get COVID-19 vaccine

(The Center Square) – A recent study shows the health care workers who perform most of the direct care for nursing home residents are lagging in...

Person catches pneumonic plague after having contact with sick pet cats

WYOMING – A person has contracted a serious case of pneumonic plague after reportedly catching it from a pet cat. According to the Centers for...

Pfizer says Covid vaccine safe for children 5 to 11

CHICAGO – After a study that took 2,268 child participants ages 6 months to 11 years of age, Pfizer says the COVID-19 vaccine is...

Hearing delves into what went wrong in Illinois nursing homes during pandemic

(The Center Square) – The Illinois Department of Public Health was in the hot seat Wednesday during a House committee hearing on nursing home...

Pritzker signs Alex’s Law to protect those who call 911 to report an overdose

By Andrew Hensel | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed House Bill 3445, known as Alex's Law, to encourage people witnessing...

Vaping association president: New laws regulating e-cigarettes are ‘entirely appropriate’

(The Center Square) – With the signing of Senate Bills 512 and 555 into law, distributors of e-products in Illinois are held to a...
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