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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96

By MARK KENNEDY
Jul 13, 2024 9:46 am - Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and bestselling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96.
COVID numbers are climbing, but not as rapidly as in other states

By Jake Griffin
Jul 12, 2024 9:31 pm - COVID numbers are on the rise again, but public health experts said Illinois isn’t yet seeing the spikes other states are reporting.
More than 6 in 10 U.S. adults support protecting access to IVF, AP-NORC poll finds

By COLLEEN LONG and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX
Jul 12, 2024 6:13 am - WASHINGTON — Relatively few Americans fully endorse the idea that a fertilized egg should have the same rights as a pregnant woman. But a significant share say it describ...
Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s largest hospital complicates treatment of kids with cancer

By HANNA ARHIROVA
Jul 11, 2024 7:14 am - KYIV, Ukraine — The National Cancer Institute in Kyiv was busier than usual after a Russian missile struck Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital this week, forcing the ev...
FDA approves a second Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow disease

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Jul 07, 2024 8:43 am - U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.
Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KIMBERLEE KRUESI
Jul 07, 2024 6:00 am - Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska turned in more than enough signatures Wednesday to put abortion-related ballot questions before voters in November's election if a suff...
Advocate Sherman Hospital celebrates 50 years of training paramedics

By Rick West
Jul 03, 2024 9:19 pm - Advocate Sherman Hospital recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its paramedic training program, with 20 graduates completing the 11-month long course.
Supreme Court officially allows emergency abortions in Idaho — for now

Ann E. Marimow
Jun 27, 2024 9:37 am - Hospitals in Idaho that receive federal funds must allow emergency abortion care to stabilize patients even though the state strictly bans the procedure, the Supreme Cour...
The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

By MARK SHERMAN
Jun 27, 2024 9:18 am - The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic.
Walgreens to take a hard look at underperforming stores, could shutter hundreds more

By TOM MURPHY
Jun 27, 2024 9:16 am - Walgreens is finalizing a plan to fix its business that could result in closing hundreds of additional stores over the next three years. CEO Tim Wentworth told analysts T...

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