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Four years after Roe’s reversal, Illinois still a destination for women seeking abortion care

By Marni Pyke
Jun 23, 2026 7:53 pm - Planned Parenthood of Illinois said Tuesday, the agency has experienced a 48% increase in abortion care patients since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 24, 2022.
Lake Zurich approves new Advocate outpatient, immediate care center

By Mick Zawislak
Jun 23, 2026 6:10 pm - Advocate Health Care will be expanding its footprint and services in Lake Zurich with a new outpatient center.
Suburban residents among 455 charged nationally in Medicaid fraud crackdown

By Jake Griffin
Jun 23, 2026 4:56 pm - Several suburban residents are facing charges stemming from a massive Medicaid fraud crackdown that resulted in 455 arrests nationwide.
Utah marks a year of battling measles, with no clear end in sight

By DEVI SHASTRI
Jun 20, 2026 5:13 pm - Utah has spent the past year fighting measles outbreaks — a grim milestone that could affect whether the United States can keep its measles-free designation.
FDA panel backs first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE
Jun 18, 2026 4:25 pm - A new kind of flu vaccine moved a step closer to the U.S. market Thursday as federal health advisers recommended approval of the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nara Organics recalls baby formula sold at Target after multistate infant botulism outbreak

Jun 14, 2026 4:14 pm - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nara Organics recalled its organic baby formula sold nationwide in Target stores and online Saturday after a multistate outbreak of infant botulism, ...
Schaumburg’s Encore Village expands Medicaid-funded housing while helping seniors displaced by bankruptcy fallout

By Eric Peterson
Jun 13, 2026 11:15 am - The 2023 bankruptcy of Friendship Village of Schaumburg created an array of issues for its senior residents that are still being navigated by the facility’s new owners.
Hanger Clinic in Schaumburg hosts rehab boot camp for above-knee double amputees

By Eric Peterson
Jun 12, 2026 4:41 pm - A nationally renowned integrated care center in Schaumburg for prosthetic and orthopedic patients spent Thursday and Friday dedicated exclusively to people who make up no more than 3% of the amputee population.
Illinois distributes first $25M to local pharmacies to help them compete

By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY
Jun 12, 2026 12:50 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker announced nearly $25 million in funding to support 434 independent pharmacies across the state. The funding, established through bipartisan legislation signed by Pritzker last year, is generated through fees levied on pharmacy benefit managers, the pharmaceutical middlemen responsible for negotiating drug pricing plans between drug developers and employer insurance plans.
FDA OKs first new sunscreen ingredient in more than 25 years

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Jun 09, 2026 2:57 pm - Federal health regulators on Tuesday signed off on the first new sunscreen ingredient for the U.S. market in more than 25 years, giving Americans access to a skin-protecting chemical long used in Europe and other parts of the world.

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