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...

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...

Multiple area schools begin to implement “masks optional” policy beginning Monday 

PEOTONE - Multiple schools in Illinois will begin instituting a “masks optional” policy beginning Monday. Among them, Peotone CUSD 207U. Sunday night Superintendent Steve Stein...

With SCOTUS challenge pending, Illinois adopts OSHA’s employer vaccine mandate

(The Center Square) – Effective immediately, new rules filed by the Illinois Department of Labor on Friday adopt federal vaccine and testing mandates on...

Illinois records pandemic high of more than 200,000 COVID cases in one week

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday that the state had recorded 201,428 new cases of COVID-19 over the previous week,...

IDPH, ISBE to update COVID isolation guidelines to align with CDC

(The Center Square) – Illinois schools can expect an update on the COVID-19 isolation and quarantine guidance to mirror the guidance from the U.S....

Lawmaker shelves COVID-19 bill after receiving threats

(The Center Square) – After receiving what he called “violent threats,” a lawmaker has pulled a bill that would have required unvaccinated Illinoisans to...
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