NIH support in Indiana has led to more than $1 billion toward economic activity, according to United for Medical Research.
Federal funding changes could impact science research in Northwest Indiana, statewide
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Second federal judge pauses Donald Trump’s order against gender-affirming care for youth
A second federal judge on Friday paused President Donald Trump’s executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19.
HHS to lose thousands of workers under Trump administration probationary job cuts
Department of Health and Human Services officials expect most of the agency’s roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired Friday under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of nearly all probationary employees, according to an audio recording of a National Institutes of Health department meeting.
Couple who found love later in life had different journeys before their paths converged on the dance floor
Their mutual love for dance brought together Sanna Longden and Clint Seely. Now, their relationship is what keeps them both going strong.
What will happen if HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people?
A generation has passed since the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Few people under 30 years old understand what AIDS does to the body.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country.
10-year-old heart patient from Country Club Hills gets trip to Cubs spring training
Patricio Leyva of Country Club Hills, Mary Alice Kunz from Bourbonnais and Gerald Kruel from Chicago, will travel to Cubs spring training.
Game-changing lung refrigerator serves transplant patients at Northwestern Medicine
More than 600 lung transplants have been performed since Northwestern Medicine launched its lung transplant program back in 2014.
Walgreens must pay $987 million arbitration award to virtual care company, judge rules
Deerfield-based Walgreen Co., must pay a $987 million arbitration award to Everly Health, a federal judge ruled Monday.
New strain of bird flu is detected in a Nevada dairy worker, CDC says
A dairy worker in Nevada was infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year, federal health officials said Monday.