Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new health secretary, has said Americans are being “unknowingly poisoned” by seed oils and has called for fast-food restaurants to return to using beef tallow, or rendered animal fat, in their fryers instead.
Illinois patients worry about losing Medicaid coverage, and hospital leaders say cuts could lead to serious limits on care.
City officials began the process Wednesday of finding apartments for about 30 homeless people living in a Gompers Park encampment.
City officials began the process Wednesday of finding apartments for about 30 homeless people living in a Gompers Park encampment.
Nataly Paramó, 15, of East Chicago, Ind., was the first pediatric heart transplant recipient Oak Lawn’s Advocate Children’s Hospital.
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs.
Alongside measles in this region, where voters overwhelmingly supported President Donald Trump, there’s another outbreak: one of misinformation about vaccines, distrust of local public health officials and fear of governmental authority overruling family autonomy.
Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health.
Lake County health officials have advised caution as dead birds continue to appear along the shores of Lake Michigan and around inland lakes.
The cap on enrollment and work requirements are the two most concerning parts of a Medicaid bill that the Indiana legislature is considering, said two public health researchers.