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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote

By AMANDA SEITZ
Feb 13, 2025 10:38 am - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country.
This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people

By The Associated Press
Feb 13, 2025 7:08 am - A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might otherwise fight off — se...
Live poultry markets ordered shut in New York City due to avian flu outbreak

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Feb 07, 2025 1:49 pm - All live poultry markets in New York City and some of its suburbs were ordered Friday to close for a week after the detection of seven cases of avian flu, which has also hit farms nationwide, led to the slaughter of millions of birds and driven up egg prices.
‘We deliver hope’: How Geneva therapist’s nonprofit provides accessible mental health care

By Dave Heun
Feb 07, 2025 3:00 am - Randy and Amy Bennett of North Aurora have operated Intermission Therapies in Geneva since 2018, adding the nonprofit Second Act/Scene 2 as an option for clients with little or no insurance to cover mental health services.
Bolingbrook woman ordered to repay over $2.2 million for Medicaid fraud

By Susan Sarkauskas
Feb 06, 2025 5:03 pm - A Bolingbrook woman has been ordered to repay more than $2.2 million to the state for defrauding it of more than $2.46 million in Medicaid funds.
Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens and Optum Rx, saying son died after $500 price rise for asthma meds

By TODD RICHMOND
Feb 06, 2025 1:12 pm - A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits management company, alleging that their son died because he couldn't afford a sudden $500 spike in his asthma medication.
Second type of bird flu detected in US dairy cows

By JONEL ALECCIA
Feb 06, 2025 6:54 am - Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year, Agriculture Departm...
From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rain forest, USAID has big impact across the globe

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
Feb 06, 2025 6:48 am - The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism from congressional Democrats and raised questions and concern about the influence billionaire ally Elon Musk wields over the federal government.
A new Community Mental Health Center opens in Libertyville

By Hailey Pierce
Feb 04, 2025 8:33 pm - Libertyville residents have a new resource to help with their mental health needs. Clearbrook, an organization dedicated to assisting children and adults with intellectua...
Mental health advocates decry planned service cuts, layoffs at Arlington Heights hospital

By Christopher Placek
Feb 04, 2025 6:23 pm - Arlington Heights mental health advocates speak out against planned cuts to psychiatric services at Northwest Community Healthcare, which includes shutting down 52 inpatient beds and laying off more than 100 staff.

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