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Surgeon general calls for alcohol to carry cancer warning

By Vivian Ho
Jan 03, 2025 9:08 am - Health warning labels on alcohol should be updated to include a cancer risk warning, the surgeon general said Friday, adding that recommended limits for alcohol consumpti...
Chicago middle-schooler finds goose poop that has cancer-fighting compound

By Sydney Page
Dec 23, 2024 3:06 pm - When Camarria Williams, 13, stumbled upon goose poop in a neighborhood park, she enthusiastically scooped some up. She and six other students were looking for bacteria samples. She learned, with university researchers’ help, that her goose poop contained a cancer-fighting compound.
Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to state murder and other charges in United Healthcare CEO's death

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Dec 23, 2024 8:49 am - The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare pleaded not guilty on Monday to murder and terror charges in a state case that will run parallel to his federal prosecution.
Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO will return to New York to face murder charges

By MARK SCOLFORO and MICHAEL R. SISAK
Dec 19, 2024 9:31 am - The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO will return to New York to face murder charges after agreeing to be extradited Thursday during a court appearance in Pennsylvania where he was arrested last week after five days on the run.
Prosecutors charge suspect with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ
Dec 17, 2024 2:52 pm - The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from from a Pennsylvania jail.
A bike accident led to a brain bleed. How a new procedure helped a Kildeer man recover

By Vince Pierri
Dec 17, 2024 1:44 pm - A Kildeer man who experienced a brain bleed after a bike accident agreed to try a new head trauma treatment at Lutheran General Hospital. His doctor believes it could help countless others.
Trump weighs in on NY mayor, vaccines and drones in freewheeling press conference at Mar-a-Lago

By COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN
Dec 16, 2024 2:09 pm - In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.
‘Quite passionate about our mission’: Global provider of lab products builds new headquarters in Vernon Hills

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 15, 2024 5:51 am - Heathrow Scientific, a global provider of laboratory products used in clinical and research labs, consolidates its Vernon Hills operations in a new $20 million facility.
Details emerge about suspect charged with murder in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARK SCOLFORO
Dec 10, 2024 6:58 am - After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was gunned down on a New York sidewalk, police searched for the masked gunman with dogs, drones and scuba divers. Officers used the city's muscular surveillance system. Investigators analyzed DNA samples, fingerprints and internet addresses. Police went door to door looking for witnesses.
‘It’s a space for you’: Frontline Care Center offers mental health services to first responders and veterans

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 09, 2024 9:48 pm - Dozens of first responders, caregivers and local officials Monday welcomed what was described as a milestone in providing mental health services to emergency service personnel, veterans and their families.

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