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...

Will County to begin first phase of vaccinations of healthcare workers

WILL COUNTY –Today, the county received more than 4,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, recently authorized for distribution by the federal Food and Drug...

Meijer prepping to begin COVID-19 Vaccines

GRAND RAPIDS (PRNewswire) – As more pharmaceutical manufacturers move closer to approved COVID-19 vaccines, pharmacies within Meijer locations are gearing up for an extensive...

First health care workers vaccinated in Peoria

By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Five health care workers at a hospital in Peoria became the first people in Illinois to receive a...

University of Illinois’ SHIELD test could be used at other colleges in Illinois

(The Center Square) – The University of Illinois’ rapid COVID-19 saliva test, also known as SHIELD, is on the wish list of other universities...

What to know as Illinois receives first COVID-19 vaccines

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration arrived in Illinois...

COVID-19 vaccine distribution begins after Pfizer receives emergency use authorization

(The Center Square) – Distribution of a new COVID-19 vaccine is now underway after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Friday granted emergency...
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