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Maine Township offering health clinic Oct. 8

Daily Herald report
Sep 30, 2026 2:16 pm - Maine Township officials will host a health clinic on Thursday, Oct. 8.
Trump’s shift from ‘Housing First’ is causing upheaval for homelessness programs and many they serve

By LAURA UNGAR and GEOFF MULVIHILL
Sep 30, 2026 7:31 am - Light streamed through stained-glass windows in a former church, illuminating long white tables where weary men gathered. Johnny Henderson was glad for the rest. The 71-year-old — who has one arm, heart disease and vision problems — slept on the street the night before.
Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin drops its trauma center designation

By Susan Sarkauskas
Sep 29, 2026 3:37 pm - Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin dropped its Level II trauma center designation last week because it sees relatively few patients suffering significant trauma, hospital officials said.
CDC vaccine policy recommendations grind to a halt under Health Secretary Kennedy

By MIKE STOBBE
Sep 25, 2026 10:35 am - The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new flu vaccine that tested well in older adults. But the federal agency responsible for telling doctors and the general public how to use it has made no recommendation on it.
FDA panel endorses first-of-a-kind cancer blood test from Grail

By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD
Sep 24, 2026 8:24 am - Federal health advisers on Wednesday endorsed a blood test designed to spot signs of various cancers in apparently healthy people while warning that it’s far from clear how well the technology works.
$710 million DuPage County budget proposal includes money for first-time homebuyers, rental assistance

By Alicia Fabbre
Sep 23, 2026 12:59 pm - DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy is calling for the county to set aside $5 million for a first-time homebuyer program and $5 million for a rental assistance program as part of her proposed county budget for fiscal 2027.
How rural voters are feeling about Trump as the midterms approach, according to a new AP-KFF poll

By ALI SWENSON, SARAH JANE TRIBBLE and LINLEY SANDERS
Sep 23, 2026 11:22 am - About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, according to a new survey that points to economic frustration among a key group that has backed him and other Republicans in recent elections.
Rolling Meadows to transform strip mall space into $850,000 human services center

By Christopher Placek
Sep 22, 2026 5:58 pm - Rolling Meadows will spend $850,000 to renovate a portion of a strip mall to house its expanded human services department, which currently operates from a cramped 750-square-foot apartment and city hall offices.
Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Sep 22, 2026 2:02 pm - Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials said Tuesday they plan to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging that the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program, or simply do not exist.
Gov. JB Pritzker discloses diabetes diagnosis, 80-pound weight loss on GLP-1 drug

By Jeremy Gorner
Sep 22, 2026 11:02 am - Gov. JB Pritzker disclosed Monday that he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two years ago and has since lost 80 pounds using a GLP-1 drug.

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