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Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Pritzker, Dems push to widen abortion messaging beyond ‘social issues’ silo

‘Dark money’ group founded and funded by Pritzker rolls out strategy at DNC

Business
2 years ago
Paul promoted to chief nursing officer for HSHS Central Illinois market

Paul will oversee nursing operations at five HSHS hospitals.

Woman on scale
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
U of I study shows fiber and protein are key to weight loss

Participants focused on increasing their protein and fiber intake while keeping daily calories to 1,500 or less. 

No Forced Pregnancy written on pregnant belly
Local
2 years ago
US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds

Numbers went up in places where abortion remains legal until further into pregnancy — and especially in states such as Illinois, Kansas and New Mexico.

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Illinois further expands reproductive health care protections

Pritzker signs bills safeguarding various reproductive rights for residents, visitors of Illinois.

ImpactLife truck
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
ImpactLife ships blood to help in areas hit by Hurricane Debby

Donations from blood centers including ImpactLife through BERC will help SunCoast Blood Centers.

Microscope
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
UIS to offer four new medical laboratory science certificates to meet local health care needs

The certificates include clinical chemistry, hematology, immunohematology and medical microbiology.

Mushroom
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Midwest sees surge in calls to poison control centers amid bumper crop of wild mushrooms

Calls from April through July more than tripled over the same period last year.

An infant and audience member sit in the crowd of a news conference in Chicago’s Fulton Market District neighborhood. Gov. JB Pritzker signed House Bill 5142 into law, with the hope of lowering infant and maternal mortality rates across the state.
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Pritzker signs birth equity initiative into law, celebrates Medicaid expansion

State-regulated insurance plans will be required to cover midwife services next year.

Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Recall of Boar’s Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak

U.S. health officials Friday announced a recall of some Boar’s Head liverwurst and deli meats as they investigate a listeria outbreak that has sickened nearly three dozen people and caused two deaths including one in Illinois.

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