All Stories from October 17, 2025 (Change date)
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In an age of vaccine skepticism, parents trust pediatricians mostOct 17, 2025 8:27 am - As one of the few pediatricians in town, Dr. Nola Jean Ernest was used to fielding questions about vaccine ingredients. But even this was a new one: Could heavy metals in a hepatitis B shot give a 2-month-old boy autism? His parents saw videos on TikTok falsely claiming they could.
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Ask the doctors: ‘Instrumented’ mouthguard indicates dangerous hits to the headOct 17, 2025 8:25 am - An international women's rugby tournament will be introducing the use of an "instrumented" mouthguard that can calibrate the force with which a player is tackled. If that force is powerful enough to cause a head injury, it will trigger a flashing red light within the mouthguard to alert the coaching staff that the player should be medically evaluated.
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Patient advocate: Don’t throw away your shotOct 17, 2025 8:25 am - Americans’ trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been tested in the past. While some applaud the current CDC leadership for cutting back on vaccine recommendations, the medical community is expressing alarm that we may see a resurgence of diseases thought defeated, like measles.
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Children’s health: Get ahead of seasonal ‘fall back’ to keep kids healthyOct 17, 2025 8:23 am - Daylight Saving Time will soon end for 2025, sparking the unofficial start of fall and winter and making it more difficult to drag ourselves out of bed. This can be even more difficult for children.
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Get ready for big game after big game in Week 8Oct 17, 2025 8:16 am - There’s no shortage of key games in Week 8 of the high school football season. We take a look at all of them while Kevin Schmit continues his series on the best players o...
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Missing Des Plaines-area woman found by authoritiesOct 17, 2025 8:10 am - A missing 79-year-old Des Plaines-area woman with dementia was located by authorities looking for her since Thursday morning.
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Peacemaker presidentOct 17, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders:
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Daily Herald opinion: The right direction, but …: Education report shows Illinois schools still have work to do to reach achievement goalsOct 17, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: As is often the case with such reports, there is much that is encouraging to be found in a newly released education advocacy group’s update on the current state of education in Illinois — and much that suggests a need for attention.
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Tariff fallout: The mounting costs of Trump protectionismOct 17, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:
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