Cindy Schreuder

Sandwiched between the prohibitions against littering and swimming alone, a new no-no is posted on the signs at most Illinois beaches. It reads: "All infants shall wear tight-fitting rubber or...

Name: Roxanne Roberts Job: Associate trauma unit director To be a trauma surgeon at Cook County Hospital is to live nightmares in the daytime. In an interview, Dr. Roxanne Roberts,...

Sixty minutes, a "golden hour." That's about all trauma victims have before the damage they suffer during a disaster, such as the train-school bus accident on Wednesday, progresses to a...

As the total of heat-related deaths reached 376 Tuesday-doubling earlier figures-more questions surfaced about the criteria used by the Cook County medical examiner to blame hot weather for the staggering...

A cold front Sunday afternoon finally pushed a deadly heat wave out of Chicago, but not before record-breaking temperatures killed 116 people in three days, a figure that may double...

Recent advances in DNA testing may be used to re-examine genetic evidence for the upcoming third murder trial of Rolando Cruz, attorneys said Monday. Assistant DuPage County State's Atty. Joseph...

Investigators probing the crash that claimed 132 lives will turn to computer models to test any possible theories they develop from the wreckage of USAir Flight 427. Federal Aviation Administration...

Long before the discovery of his heart disease two years ago, Gov. Jim Edgar was known for his abstinence from alcohol and tobacco, his love of bicycling and a generally...

The vision of a public health care system in the next century, at least in the eyes of Cook County, would include a hospital that would care only for the...

High-flying radar aboard the space shuttle Endeavour may be able to penetrate deep into the sands of the Arabian Desert to uncover the answer to an ancient mystery: Was the...