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Aurora finds unacceptable amounts of lead in water sample tests

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jul 15, 2025 12:47 pm - Aurora has found unacceptable amounts of lead in drinking water in at least 10 homes out of 100 it tested earlier this year.
More elderly Americans are choking to death. Are these devices the answer?

By MIKE STOBBE
Jul 15, 2025 6:41 am - Each year, choking claims the lives of more than 4,100 Americans who are 65 or older. It's the most vulnerable age group, accounting for about three-quarters of U.S. choking deaths, according to federal health statistics.
Health fair in Park Ridge on July 19

Daily Herald report
Jul 11, 2025 1:46 pm - Maine Township officials will host a health fair on Saturday, July 19.
These 16 Kane County ZIP codes are high-risk for lead exposure

By Brenda Schory
Jul 11, 2025 9:47 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health has identified 16 ZIP codes in Kane County that are high-risk for lead exposure, according to a news release.
UN says if US funding for HIV programs is not replaced, millions more will die by 2029

By MARIA CHENG
Jul 10, 2025 8:08 am - Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest levels seen in more than three decades, and provided life-saving medicines for some of the world’s most vulnerable.
What the GOP’s tax bill means for your health care

By Paige Winfield Cunningham, Yasmeen Abutaleb
Jul 02, 2025 10:28 am - If you’re among the 78 million people on Medicaid or the 24 million with a health plan from the insurance marketplaces, changes to how you qualify for and enroll in coverage — and what medical providers are available to you — could be on the way.
Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban

By TODD RICHMOND
Jul 02, 2025 9:09 am - The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including statutes that criminalize abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.
House Republicans race toward a final vote on Trump's tax bill, daring critics to oppose

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
Jul 02, 2025 7:57 am - Republican leaders in the House are sprinting toward a Wednesday vote on President Donald Trump's tax and spending cuts package, determined to seize momentum from a hard-fought vote in the Senate while essentially daring members to defy their party's leader and vote against it.
Ascension closure of delivery services sparks protest

By Steve Zalusky
Jul 01, 2025 4:55 pm - Protesters gathered outside Ascension Alexian Brothers Hospital in Elk Grove Village Tuesday, opposing Ascension’s decision to discontinue baby deliveries at the hospital.
Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirements

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Jun 27, 2025 10:14 am - The Supreme Court preserved a key part of the Affordable Care Act’s preventive health care coverage requirements on Friday, rejecting a challenge from Christian employers to the provision that affects some 150 million Americans.

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