A student journalist at Prospect High School uncovered former Principal Alvin Kulieke’s ties to a fringe religious group that embraced eugenics principles, and has prompted the school district to consider removing his name from the school theater.
The median face time with a doctor is 15.7 minutes, according to one study. Here are some tips to help you squeeze the most value out of even a brief appointment with a pressed-for-time health care practitioner.
The National Cancer Institute says 85% of children diagnosed with cancer are alive at least five years later and that there were nearly 496,000 pediatric cancer survivors in the United States in 2020. While the good news is encouraging, long-term survivor care brings its own challenges — something pediatric oncologists are working to improve.
Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drove a van to schools in North Carolina to offer vaccinations and a program that provided free tests to sick people in Tennessee.
As federal COVID vaccine guidance shifts, experts encourage talking to doctors and making personal medical decisions based on risks and benefits.
Some people like to summer at the beach. Farm animals in the know make Tefft Farm at Lords Park Zoo in Elgin their summer getaway. A pair of miniature horses, a little d...
Boys and girls between 7 and 20 years old competed Saturday in the gravity-powered soap box derby car races in Naperville. Racers competed in three core divisions — Stock, Superstock and Masters — and the winners qualified to compete in Akron, Ohio at the World Championship race on July 14.