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Former Aurora engineer convicted of stealing secrets for Chinese company

By Charles Keeshan
Aug 25, 2026 11:05 am - An engineer for a medical supplies company formerly operating in Aurora has been convicted of federal charges alleging he conspired to steal trade secrets for a Chinese competitor.
With stalemate’s end, Dundee mental health board releases grant money

By Gloria Casas
Aug 24, 2026 1:49 pm - Thousands of dollars in Dundee Township 708 Mental Health Board grant money, held up by an impasse over the board’s composition, were finally released Thursday.
Abbott Laboratories to pay $670 million to settle cases, claims over its formula for premature babies

By Lisa Schencker
Aug 24, 2026 8:55 am - Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay $670 million to settle a high-profile lawsuit and claims made on behalf of thousands of others related to allegations that its formula for babies born prematurely causes a dangerous intestinal disease.
Arlington Heights hosting KidneyMobile on Aug. 27

Daily Herald report
Aug 19, 2026 12:09 pm - The Arlington Heights Health & Human Services Department is partnering with the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois to host the KidneyMobile from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, August 27, at Lutheran Church of the Cross, 2020 S. Goebbert Road.
Drug prices have declined sharply, and Trump is taking credit. The reason behind the drop is complex

By ALI SWENSON
Aug 18, 2026 7:59 am - President Donald Trump has been taking credit for new federal data that shows U.S. prescription drug prices fell 0.8% in July and are down 3.1% from a year ago, the steepest year-over-year drop since 1963.
Pediatricians push back against Trump's plan to revamp kids’ vaccines

Marni Pyke
Aug 17, 2026 6:51 am - Local experts offer advice for parents amid a White House push to tear up immunization schedules, split up MMR vaccine.
Schaumburg Boomers mascot Coop visits kids at St. Alexius Hospital

Daily Herald report
Aug 14, 2026 2:41 pm - Coop, the greater prairie chicken mascot of the Schaumburg Boomers baseball team, brought some cheer Friday to pediatric patients at Ascension Saint Alexius Women & Children’s Hospital in Hoffman Estates.
Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Aug 14, 2026 10:41 am - Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Lurie Children’s Hospital opens its first specialty pharmacy in Schaumburg

Daily Herald report
Aug 14, 2026 10:03 am - Chicago-based Lurie Children’s and Clearway Health, based in Boston, opened the hospital’s first outpatient specialty pharmacy Thursday in Schaumburg.
Doctors say Trump’s vaccine order will raise fears, cause confusion and endanger kids

By LAURA UNGAR
Aug 12, 2026 7:23 am - Doctors say President Donald Trump’s new executive order on vaccines is misguided and likely to stoke fear and confusion among parents at a time when measles is raging, immunization rates are falling and children are heading back to school.

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