Medline shares surge 41% during first day of trading after $6.3B initial public offering By Lisa Schencker December 17, 2025 at 4:31 p.m. Medline's initial public offering of stock is one of the largest of the year. The...
Illinois should recommend hepatitis B vaccines for all newborns, committee says, despite federal guidance By Lisa Schencker December 16, 2025 at 5:55 p.m. The committee’s vote Tuesday followed a decision by a federal vaccine advisory committee earlier this...
Big retailers didn’t pull ByHeart baby formula fast enough after botulism recall, FDA says By Jonel Aleccia December 15, 2025 at 4:41 p.m. Four of the nation’s top retail stores failed to promptly pull contaminated infant formula tied...
Nearly 23% of Illinois high school students say they drink, according to report By Lisa Schencker December 15, 2025 at 5:14 p.m. Nearly 23% of Illinois high school students said they drank alcohol within the last 30...
Indiana among states with cuts as EPA lessens oversight, report says By Maya Wilkins December 14, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. The Environmental Integrity Project's report said 27 states have cut environmental agency budgets in the...
Jury says Johnson & Johnson owes $40 million to 2 cancer patients who used talcum powders By Associated Press December 13, 2025 at 2:25 p.m. A Los Angeles jury awarded $40 million on Friday to two women who claimed that...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs bill that aims to make it easier to find therapists who take insurance By Lisa Schencker December 12, 2025 at 5:45 p.m. The new law, which will take full effect in January 2027, creates a formula outlining...
Speaker Mike Johnson scrambles to find a health care plan as Republicans remain divided By Kevin Freking December 12, 2025 at 5:26 p.m. The Senate failed to get anywhere on the health care issue this week. Now it’s...
Tanning bed users have nearly twice as much damage to skin cells, Northwestern study finds By Lisa Schencker December 12, 2025 at 5:15 p.m. Use of tanning beds nearly triples the risk of developing melanoma, and it also damages...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs controversial Illinois medical aid-in-dying law amid strong debate and opposition By Jeremy Gorner December 15, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Illinois now joins at least 10 other states, among them California, Hawaii, Colorado, Oregon, as...