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...

Three regions cleared for all sports amid lessened COVID-19 restrictions

SPRINGFIELD – All high school sports – including the higher-risk football, basketball, and wrestling – may now be played in three regions of Illinois...

IHSA announces update on high school sports

CHICAGO - The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced Tuesday new guidelines for a return to winter sports as some Regions across Illinois move...

Public health officials confirm first case of COVID-19 variant in Illinois

(The Center Square) – Public health officials on Friday confirmed the COVID-19 variant first reported in the United Kingdom has been found in Illinois. Northwestern...

COVID-19 Update: New guidance on indoor dining, vaccination plan, new virus strain, sports

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker announced revisions to his COVID-19 mitigation tiers Friday that would allow earlier indoor dining, but no regions have thus...

Restaurants demand to reopen statewide as some Illinois regions may see relaxed COVID restrictions

(The Center Square) – COVID-19 restrictions in regions of Illinois that meet certain metrics the Pritzker administration laid out may be able to relax...

COVID-19 vaccine registrations underway locally

KANKAKEE – Residents across the area are encouraged to take surveys in their communities to register for placement on a COVID-19 vaccine list.  Once eligible,...
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