City officials began the process Wednesday of finding apartments for about 30 homeless people living in a Gompers Park encampment.
City begins rehousing efforts for Gompers Park homeless encampment residents
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City begins rehousing efforts for Gompers Park homeless encampment residents
City officials began the process Wednesday of finding apartments for about 30 homeless people living in a Gompers Park encampment.
Advocate Children’s launches pediatric heart transplant program
Nataly Paramó, 15, of East Chicago, Ind., was the first pediatric heart transplant recipient Oak Lawn’s Advocate Children’s Hospital.
Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research
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.
Texas measles outbreak fueled by distrust in public health and personal choice
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.
How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health — and how to prepare
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.
Dead birds prompt warning from Lake County officials as avian flu spreads
Lake County health officials have advised caution as dead birds continue to appear along the shores of Lake Michigan and around inland lakes.
Proposed Medicaid cap, work requirements in Indiana bill a cause for concern, researchers say
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.
‘They are in my heart’: Classmates, friends gather to mourn the Payne family
Carrying a stuffie vigil organizers Circle of Love handed out to the more than 40 kids who came out to honor the Paynes — mom Briana, 27; and daughters Aurorah, 7, Ava, 6, and Alayna, 4, who were discovered on Feb. 21 after having been fatally shot in an apparent murder-suicide – at Bailey Elementary School in Lake Station Friday evening, a little girl named Samantha expressed the enormity of the loss.
“I miss the three of them so much,” Samantha said before her face fell. “They are in my heart.”
Samantha’s bravery opened the floodgates among the students, all of them still reeling from a week of trying to understand what happened to their friends.
Trump administration cuts 18 jobs at North Chicago’s Lovell health care center: ‘It’s an outrageous betrayal’
Eighteen Lovell health care center workers lost their jobs as part of the cost-cutting efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.