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How to protect your children during a measles outbreak

By Dr. Adam Ratner | American Academy of Pediatrics
Mar 16, 2025 9:32 am - Measles outbreaks are occurring due to unvaccinated individuals, putting infants and those with compromised immune systems at risk. A pediatrician details what parents can do to protect their children.
How to set and invest your emergency fund

By Christine Benz of Morningstar
Mar 15, 2025 1:40 pm - Emergency funds are an absolutely crucial aspect of any financial plan, regardless of the life stage or situation.
‘A sprint and a marathon at the same time’: Public health care workers describe early pandemic challenges

By Mick Zawislak
Mar 15, 2025 12:30 pm - Though trained to deal with a variety of situations, it quickly became apparent the snowballing coronavirus was unlike anything Patti Corn, emergency response coordinator, or Sara Zamor, associate director of prevention, or their colleagues at the Lake County Health Department had faced.
RFK Jr. is targeting ultraprocessed foods. What are they, and are they bad for you?

By JONEL ALECCIA
Mar 15, 2025 12:30 pm - In the Trump administration’s quest to “Make America Healthy Again,” there may be no bigger target than ultraprocessed foods. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cited “highly chemically processed foods” as a chief culprit behind an epidemic of chronic disease in the U.S.
Teen chefs turn up the heat during high school culinary competition at Harper College

By Barbara Vitello
Mar 14, 2025 7:08 pm - Competitors from Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 and Northwest Suburban High School District 214 chopped, grated, diced and sauteed their way through a “Chopped”-style cooking competition at Harper College.
Carol Stream honors its Citizens of the Year

By Dave Oberhelman
Mar 14, 2025 12:26 pm - Carol Stream saw a number of nominees for its 2024 Citizen of the Year Awards, highlighting exceptional volunteerism in the community.
Carolyn Hax: Husband refuses to back wife in standoff with his mother

By Carolyn Hax
Mar 14, 2025 6:00 am - Mother-in-law crosses the line in so many ways during visit and her son won’t say anything, leading to a war of words. Carolyn Hax says don’t give her any power. Treat her disregard for your house and rules with civility.
More steps, less sitting may lower risk of death in older female cancer survivors

American Heart Association News
Mar 14, 2025 1:33 am - Moving more and sitting less every day may lower the risk of death from cardiovascular disease and other causes for older women with a history of cancer, a new study suggests.
Health care 5 years after COVID

By Teri (Dreher) Frykenberg
Mar 14, 2025 1:11 am - Today, COVID-19 is better understood and most of us have resumed our normal routines. Five years later, though, we are still living with its legacies, both positive and negative, as it pertains to health care.
Pope receives cake, glad tidings on 12th anniversary of his papacy marked in hospital

By COLLEEN BARRY
Mar 13, 2025 5:02 pm - ROME — Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate Thursday in the hospital — the first pope to do so in modern church history — as he received increasing...

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