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Pritzker signs order to protect personal autism data in response to federal action

By JADE AUBREY
May 08, 2025 7:07 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker issued an executive order Wednesday that bars state agencies from collecting and disclosing data about autism to the federal government unless it's medically or legally necessary.
Advocates push for mandatory minimum nurse staffing ratios at Illinois hospitals

By GRACE FRIEDMAN
May 05, 2025 5:01 pm - Health care unions continue to rally for legislation to address understaffing they say strains hospitals and threatens both patient safety and staff well-being.
Hanover Township to conduct stroke risk assessment screenings in May

Submitted by Hanover Township
May 02, 2025 2:53 pm - The Hanover Township Office of Community Health is offering Stroke Risk Assessment screenings for township residents during May in recognition of National Stroke Risk Awareness Month.
CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years

By MIKE STOBBE
May 02, 2025 11:02 am - More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.
‘I know I have hope’: Community rallies behind U-46 teacher in urgent need of a kidney

By Vincent Pierri
May 02, 2025 7:59 am - To her students at Timber Trails Elementary School in Hoffman Estates, Katie Pappas is more than a health teacher.
Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal murder charge in killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Apr 25, 2025 1:24 pm - Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against him.
Measles outbreak spreads to Illinois with case reported downstate

By Beth Hundsdorfer
Apr 24, 2025 10:32 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesday afternoon the first case of measles in the state.
Walgreens to pay up to $350 million in U.S. opioid settlement

By JAIMIE DING
Apr 22, 2025 1:04 pm - Walgreens has agreed to pay up to $350 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, who accused the pharmacy of illegally filling millions of prescriptions in the last decade for opioids and other controlled substances.
As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital emergency rooms are underprepared

By DEVNA BOSE/Associated Press and BENJAMIN THORP/Side Effects Public Media
Apr 19, 2025 1:45 pm - AURORA, Ill. — At her mother’s home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he’s smiling in front of a bucket of sweating b...
Five boys in three years: Long Grove mom delivers rare set of spontaneous triplets

By Vincent Pierri
Apr 19, 2025 12:45 pm - A team at Advocate Children’s Hospital successfully delivered spontaneous triplets — Levi, Jackson and Mason — born to Stephanie Epstein of Long Grove. Two of the boys are identical twins, while the third is fraternal — a rare and more complex type of triplet pregnancy.

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