Health & Fitness
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Preckwinkle coming to Schaumburg for film screening, discussion on mental health
Jan 13, 2022 9:21 AM - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Commissioner Kevin Morrison are planning an upcoming screening of a new documentary and discussion on mental health in Schaumburg. -
Sunrise Rotary St. Paddy's Day 5K to raise funds for mental health care March 12 in Naperville
Jan 12, 2022 6:19 PM - Registration is now underway for the 13th annual Sunrise Rotary St. Paddy's Day 5K March 12 in downtown Naperville. Sponsorships are still available. -
As hospitals reel with omicron and staff shortages, state promises aid
Jan 12, 2022 6:10 PM - A convergence of record-smashing numbers of patients stricken with COVID-19 and a critical shortage of workers is pushing hospitals to their limits. FEMA teams help with Rockford bed crisis. -
State shortens minimum COVID-19 quarantine at schools to five days
Jan 12, 2022 6:08 PM - State officials adopted federal COVID-19 guidelines for schools that shorten the minimum length of quarantine from 10 to five days for students and staff members Tuesday. -
DuPage health department offers help for insurance enrollmentJan 16, 2022 9:26 AM - There are only a few days left to enroll in, change or update your Marketplace health insurance for 2022. The DuPage County Health Department can help you apply for health coverage and financial assistance during open enrollment.
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'So exhausted and so tired': COVID-19 hospitalizations again break Illinois record
Jan 11, 2022 6:10 PM - Patients in the hospital with COVID-19 came to 7,353 as of Monday night, the highest number since the pandemic began. -
This Itasca pageant contestant had a stroke at 29. She wants other young people to be spared.
Jan 11, 2022 8:04 AM - When she was 29 and on leave from the Luvabulls for the birth of her second son, Natalie Poli suffered a stroke, the result of undiagnosed congenital heart disease. Sixteen years later she has found a platform to speak out about strokes among the young -- the Mrs. International Pageant, where all the contestants must have a cause to promote. -
'With omicron, it's different': How parents can detect and deflect the variant in kids
Jan 11, 2022 5:00 AM - Children and teenagers are bearing the brunt of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois, representing about 26% of recent infections in a week. Here are tips for parents on dealing with the omicron surge. -
U.S. hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the job
Jan 11, 2022 7:33 AM - Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all.
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When is omicron peak coming? Case counts in Illinois dip slightly, but still high
Jan 11, 2022 7:20 AM - New COVID-19 infections remain high but edged down from record-setting tallies in the 40,000s last week, Illinois Department of Public Health records showed Monday. So after weeks of spiraling COVID-19 numbers, is there an end in sight?
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