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AstraZeneca agrees to lower drug prices for Medicaid under Trump administration deal

By WILL WEISSERT
Oct 10, 2025 8:27 pm - WASHINGTON — AstraZeneca on Friday became the second major pharmaceutical manufacturer to announce it had agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid unde...
Cold comfort: New cooler, freezer help Palatine food pantry fight food insecurity

By Steve Zalusky
Oct 06, 2025 4:36 pm - A Palatine food pantry has enhanced its ability to provide fresh, nutritious food through a $315,100 Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund grant.
CDC stops recommending COVID-19 shots for all, leaves decision to patients

By MIKE STOBBE
Oct 06, 2025 3:24 pm - NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopted recommendations by a new group of vaccine advisers, and stopped recommending COVID-19 shots for anyone ...
Speaker Johnson says it's up to Democrats to ‘stop the madness’ on shutdown's sixth day

By KEVIN FREKING and JOSH BOAK
Oct 06, 2025 2:02 pm - Lawmakers provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the federal government as the shutdown entered its sixth day. House Speaker Mike Johnson said “there's nothing for us to negotiate” while House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries declared the “time is now” to work out a deal on health care.
Flu shots available at Des Plaines Library Oct. 14

Daily Herald report
Oct 06, 2025 1:23 pm - With fall around the corner, Democratic State Sen. Laura Murphy of Des Plaines is joining Ascension Holy Family to host a free flu vaccination event to ensure residents of the 28th District stay protected from sickness this flu season.
Elmhurst native wins Nobel Prize in medicine for key immune system discoveries

By KOSTYA MANENKOV, LAURAN NEERGAARD and LINDSEY WASSON
Oct 06, 2025 12:27 pm - A suburban native is among three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies.
No-cost flu shot clinics planned in Elgin, Bartlett

Daily Herald report
Oct 06, 2025 12:06 pm - Illinois Sen. Cristina Castro is partnering with Ascension Illinois, Elgin Township and Hanover Township for two not-cost flu shot clinics in her 22nd District this month.
The Biz Week That Was: Bears stadium impact, a new Costco Business Center, and federal government shutdown fallout are among the highlights

Daily Herald report
Oct 04, 2025 1:30 pm - Arlington Heights could collect $15 million a year from Bears stadium, but costs still unknown Economic impact reports released by Arlington Heights officials Tuesda...
Legionnaires’ disease investigation tied to Bloomingdale nursing facility

By Katlyn Smith
Oct 02, 2025 1:58 pm - Public health authorities are investigating a cluster of two cases of Legionnaires’ disease in individuals who were at or near the Alden Valley Ridge Rehabilitation and Health Center, a skilled nursing facility in Bloomingdale.
Everybody in Washington hates a shutdown until it becomes a useful tool

By SEUNG MIN KIM
Oct 02, 2025 9:07 am - The U.S. government had shut down, and Donald Trump was calling on Democrats and Republicans to work together to get out of the mess.

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