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...

Illinois Department of Public Health says vaccination proof plan in the works

(The Center Square) – The Illinois Department of Public Health is working on a plan to allow people to prove they’ve been vaccinated, but...

Officials provide vaccination update as doses administered top 9 million

SPRINGFIELD – Public health officials gave an update on the status of the state's vaccination efforts Tuesday as the number of vaccines administered in...

EPA report finds delays in inspections of cancer-causing emissions

SPRINGFIELD — A senior federal official stalled inspections by regional offices to monitor cancer-causing emissions at suburban facilities in Illinois, according to a report...

Quarter of Illinois’ population fully vaccinated

SPRINGFIELD — Nearly one quarter of the state’s population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data released Friday by the Illinois Department of...

Reports of blood clots from Johnson & Johnson vaccine prompt feds to suspend its use

By Casey Harper | The Center Square (The Center Square) – The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a...

Vaccination pace increases; state prisons reopening for visits

SPRINGFIELD – Over the past seven days, 132,188 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered daily on average in Illinois as of Monday, an...
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