Health Care
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Batavia residents can test out text-based telehealth service city is considering
Sep 22, 2026 8:56 am - As the city of Batavia continues to consider rolling out a program that gives residents access to text-based consultations with a doctor for a small monthly fee added to their utility bills, residents can try the service for free in the meantime.
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Clearbrook wants to build group home on vacant land in Lake BarringtonSep 15, 2026 12:19 pm - A group home for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities has been proposed in Lake Barrington.
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Lurie Children’s Hospital makes it back on to U.S. News’ list of best in the country
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Kane County seeing fewer fatal opioid overdoses, as county prevention efforts continue
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Abbott Laboratories agrees to pay $385M settlement over safety of powdered infant formula
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Hearing set on fate of Waukegan hospital property: ‘They need to find a resolution as soon as possible’
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Schaumburg to host Community Blood Drive Sept. 15Sep 11, 2026 9:29 am - The Village of Schaumburg encourages the public to participate in the next Community Blood Drive from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1320 W. Schaumburg Road.
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Second measles case reported in Kane CountySep 09, 2026 12:17 pm - A second case of measles has been reported in Kane County. The latest person diagnosed with measles was in contact with the first individual, according to a news release from the Kane County Health Department.
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Judge weighing arguments to halt Illinois’ ‘medical aid in dying’ law ahead of Sept. 12 startSep 08, 2026 2:14 pm - Illinois is set to become the first Midwestern state to allow terminally ill adults to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians when the law goes into effect ...
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Cardinal Cupich and Catholic nuns sue Illinois to block medical aid-in-dying law ahead of Sept. 12 start