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COVID vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women, RFK Jr. says
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.
Information of 38,000 UChicago medical group patients potentially exposed in cybersecurity breach
The exposed information may have included first and last names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial account information and/or medical-related information.
As state, federal Medicaid cuts loom, Hoosiers anxious about impact
“Medicaid is not just health care. Medicaid is a lot of people’s lifeline,” Musenbrock said. “People with disabilities want and are a part of the community. We are only asking for our basic needs to be met so that we have the same opportunities as everyone else.”
Illinois Medicaid covers gender-affirming care. The massive House bill aims to end that.
The provision is a result of a last-minute change to the bill before its passage out of the House early Thursday.
West Leyden High School senior awaiting heart transplant graduates at Lurie Children’s Hospital
Taevion Norris’ senior year was interrupted due to heart failure, but that did not stop him from graduating on time at Lurie Children’s Hospital.
Sens. Durbin and Duckworth question Prime Healthcare after changes to Illinois hospitals
Prime, which is a for-profit company, bought the eight Illinois hospitals in March for more than $370 million from Ascension, a large Catholic health system.
Canned krill? Oak Park’s Beyond Hunger harnessing mystery ingredients to fuel Healthy Chef Challenge
Healthy Chef Challenge unites celebrity judges and award-winning chefs in a mission to raise awareness and support for hunger relief.
‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator Scott Adams says he has same prostate cancer as Joe Biden
The creator of the Dilbert comic strip, which was canceled by most newspapers two years ago over the creator’s racist comments, said Monday that he has been diagnosed with the same aggressive prostate cancer as former President Joe Biden.
After a political career shaped by cancer, Former President Joe Biden faces his own grim diagnosis
In Joe Biden’s family, there’s a saying that the three worst words anyone can hear are “you have cancer.”