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...

CSL Plasma to give Flu Shot vouchers to Plasma Donors for third consecutive year  

CHICAGO - CSL Plasma centers announced this week it will give out free flu shot vouchers for the third year in a row to plasma...

Cook County resident becomes first victim of West Nile in Illinois this year 

CHICAGO – A person in their late 70’s in Cook County became the first casualty of West Nile Virus this year. The Illinois Department of Public...

IDPH warns of growing substance abuse of Veterinary drug  

BOURBONNAIS - Illinois Police and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) are warning of growing abuse of the Veterinarian drug  Xylazine. Xylazine is a drug used...

Kankakee Health Department announces 1st case of Monkeypox  

KANKAKEE - The first confirmed case of Monkeypox has been identified locally. The Kankakee Health Department announced the 1st case of MPV infection Monday morning.  “Kankakee County...

USDA recalls 13,000 lbs of Home Run Inn Pizza due to “possibility of metal pieces in the food” 

CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a recall of over 13,000 lbs of Home Run Inn Pizza...

Parental notice of abortion law officially ends 

SPRINGFIELD – Doctors in Illinois may now perform abortions on minors without notifying the child’s parents or obtaining a judicial bypass of the notification...
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