Health

Coffee Drinkers May Want to Rethink Artificial Sweeteners After New Brain Study

Chicago - A common addition to morning coffee may be associated with faster brain aging, according to a new long-term study that tracked more than 12,000 adults for eight...

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...

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...

1,200 doses of Pfizer COVID vaccine available this Tuesday to Will County Residents

JOLIET – Will County residents now qualifying for the vaccine will have their chance to receive their first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine...

State nears ‘bridge’ phase with 64% of seniors receiving at least 1 vaccine dose

SPRINGFIELD – With 64 percent of the state’s seniors having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Illinois is nearing the “bridge”...

Illinois to expand vaccine eligibility ahead of April 12 universal rollout

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday that more groups of people will be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of...

Coroner questions Illinois’ COVID-19 death tally, seeks statewide audit

(The Center Square) – State officials have recorded 21,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Illinois since the outset of the pandemic.  The Centers for Disease Control...

Committees look to address state’s mental health care needs

By GRACE BARBIC & RAYMON TRONCOSO SPRINGFIELD — Committees dealing with mental health and addiction met in both the Illinois House and Senate Friday to...

Illinois vaccination sites to branch out to rural areas

By Kevin Bessler | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Small towns in downstate Illinois will soon have more access to a COVID-19 vaccine. Gov. J.B....
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