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Bill expanding access to discounted drugs awaits Illinois House action

By Peter Hancock
Mar 05, 2026 1:52 pm - The 340B drug program requires manufacturers to provide steep discounts for certain medications to safety net clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers and other health care providers that serve low-income and uninsured patients. Legislation to prevent manufacturers from restricting access to those drugs awaits final action in the House.
America may run on Dunkin’, but RFK Jr. isn’t so sure

By Matt Viser, Rachel Roubein
Mar 05, 2026 8:58 am - “We’re going to ask Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks, ‘Show us the safety data that show that it’s okay for a teenage girl to drink an iced coffee with 115 grams of sugar in it,’” the health secretary said recently.
Legislators, activists continue push for prescription drug affordability board

By JENNA SCHWEIKERT
Feb 28, 2026 1:43 pm - Citing high prescription drug prices, lawmakers and activists are reviving a dormant push to create an Illinois prescription drug affordability board. The board would be able to set the maximum price for certain prescription drugs in Illinois, which advocates say could save the state millions of dollars on health plan spending.
Surgeon general nominee faces sharp questions about vaccines, birth control and qualifications

By ALI SWENSON
Feb 25, 2026 2:38 pm - Wellness influencer, author and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means on Wednesday shared a vision for addressing the root causes of chronic disease instead of feeding into “reactive sick care” during her confirmation hearing to become the nation's next surgeon general.
After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it

By Lena H. Sun and Jacob Bogage
Feb 21, 2026 1:24 pm - After pulling out of the World Health Organization, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the global disease surveillance and outbreak functions the United States once helped build and accessed at a fraction of the cost, according to three administration officials briefed on the proposal.
Hanover Township to host free heart health screenings Feb. 28

Submitted by Hanover Township
Feb 20, 2026 3:42 pm - Hanover Township will host free blood pressure screenings, stroke risk assessments and body composition analyses from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 28 at its Senior Center, 240 S. IL Route 59 in Bartlett.
FDA will drop two-study requirement for new drug approvals, aiming to speed access

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Feb 18, 2026 6:58 pm - The Food and Drug Administration plans to drop its longtime standard of requiring two rigorous studies to win approval for new drugs, the latest change from Trump administration officials vowing to speed up the availability of certain medical products.
Moderna says the FDA will consider its new flu shot after resolving a public dispute

By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Feb 18, 2026 11:10 am - The Food and Drug Administration will consider whether to approve Moderna’s new flu vaccine after all, resolving a dispute that had blocked the company’s application for the first-of-its-kind shot.
RFK Jr. promised to restore trust in US health agencies. A year later, it’s eroding

By MIKE STOBBE and ALI SWENSON
Feb 12, 2026 3:06 pm - NEW YORK — Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services one year ago, he has defended his upending of federal health ...
‘Take the vaccine, please,’ Dr. Oz says in an appeal as measles cases rise

By MATT BROWN
Feb 08, 2026 2:36 pm - Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, recently urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.

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