Health Care
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Legislators, activists continue push for prescription drug affordability board
Feb 28, 2026 1:43 pm - Citing high prescription drug prices, lawmakers and activists are reviving a dormant push to create an Illinois prescription drug affordability board. The board would be able to set the maximum price for certain prescription drugs in Illinois, which advocates say could save the state millions of dollars on health plan spending.
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Surgeon general nominee faces sharp questions about vaccines, birth control and qualifications
Feb 25, 2026 2:38 pm - Wellness influencer, author and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means on Wednesday shared a vision for addressing the root causes of chronic disease instead of feeding into “reactive sick care” during her confirmation hearing to become the nation's next surgeon general.
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After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it
Feb 21, 2026 1:24 pm - After pulling out of the World Health Organization, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the global disease surveillance and outbreak functions the United States once helped build and accessed at a fraction of the cost, according to three administration officials briefed on the proposal.
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Hanover Township to host free heart health screenings Feb. 28Feb 20, 2026 3:42 pm - Hanover Township will host free blood pressure screenings, stroke risk assessments and body composition analyses from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 28 at its Senior Center, 240 S. IL Route 59 in Bartlett.
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FDA will drop two-study requirement for new drug approvals, aiming to speed access
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Moderna says the FDA will consider its new flu shot after resolving a public dispute
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RFK Jr. promised to restore trust in US health agencies. A year later, it’s eroding
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‘Take the vaccine, please,’ Dr. Oz says in an appeal as measles cases riseFeb 08, 2026 2:36 pm - Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, recently urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.
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The Biz Week That Was: New restaurants planned in Elgin and Mount Prospect; hospital names CEOFeb 07, 2026 12:19 pm - New Indian fusion restaurant, banquet hall could replace shuttered Golden Corral in Elgin A new Indian fusion restaurant and banquet hall could be coming to the spac...
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Ascension Illinois opens free pharmacies in Hoffman Estates, Elk Grove VillageFeb 06, 2026 2:44 pm - A new partnership will provide access to free medications for low-income, uninsured people at Ascension Illinois’ three hospital campuses in Hoffman Estates, Elk Grove Village and Chicago.