Articles filed under Health Crises
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Elgin event to remember those lost to overdose, suicideAug 26, 2025 6:54 pm - Ecker Center for Behavioral Health will host “Breaking the Silence,” an overdose and suicide awareness event Thursday in Elgin.
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West Nile virus found in Naperville mosquito trapsAug 22, 2025 12:24 pm - Naperville urges people to take precautions against mosquito bites after two traps recently tested positive for West Nile virus on Olesen Drive as well as Jackson Avenue.
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Shooter attacked CDC headquarters to protest COVID-19 vaccinesAug 12, 2025 11:49 am - The man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into a locked safe to get his father's weapons and wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines, authorities said Tuesday.
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Bat encounters rise in McHenry County, health officials sayAug 06, 2025 7:14 pm - Human-bat encounters are in the rise in McHenry County, health officials said Monday.
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The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comebackAug 05, 2025 8:00 am - The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is entrenched in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. As workers focus the vaccination campaign there, WHO and partners have been derailed by mismanagement and what insiders describe as blind allegiance to an outdated strategy and a problematic oral vaccine.
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Confused by fluid federal COVID-19 shot policies? Experts offer guidanceMay 31, 2025 12:45 pm - As federal COVID vaccine guidance shifts, experts encourage talking to doctors and making personal medical decisions based on risks and benefits.
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A new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world, WHO saysMay 28, 2025 11:56 am - COVID-19 cases are rising again as a new variant begins to circulate in some parts of the world. The World Health Organization said Wednesday the rise in cases is primarily in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.
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Kennedy says COVID vaccines no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant womenMay 27, 2025 11:49 am - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.
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Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and childrenMay 20, 2025 11:08 am - Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
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Hanover Township to conduct stroke risk assessment screenings in MayMay 02, 2025 2:53 pm - The Hanover Township Office of Community Health is offering Stroke Risk Assessment screenings for township residents during May in recognition of National Stroke Risk Awareness Month.