Hilltop Neighborhood House continues to expand to meet ever-growing need By Amy Lavalley December 8, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. Hilltop Neighborhood House officials can talk almost endlessly about the horrors they witnessed from the...
Experts debate new infants in the workplace policy in Indiana government By Maya Wilkins December 6, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Gov. Mike Braun announced a "Family First Workplace" policy that would allow some state employees...
Resurgence of a slur: Local parents, intellectual disability advocates condemn Trump’s use of the ‘R-word’ By Angie Leventis Lourgos December 6, 2025 at 9:59 p.m. Once a common schoolyard insult, the R-word had largely vanished from mainstream speech until recently....
CPS reports 2% increase in measles vaccination rate By Hope Moses December 5, 2025 at 3:49 p.m. Chicago Public Schools district has surpassed the recommended threshold for measles vaccinations, with 96% of...
Illinois to conduct its own review of hepatitis B vaccine recommendations made by federal committee By Lisa Schencker December 5, 2025 at 5:33 p.m. The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decided Friday to recommend that it be left...
US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth By Mike Stobbe December 5, 2025 at 10:14 a.m. A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisory committee delays vote on hepatitis B shots for newborns By Mike Stobbe December 4, 2025 at 1:01 p.m. A federal vaccine advisory committee on Thursday voted to delay a decision on whether newborns...
Affordable Care Act premiums are set to spike. A new poll shows enrollees are already struggling By Amelia Thomson-Deveaux December 4, 2025 at 8:27 a.m. Most of the more than 1,300 enrollees surveyed in early November say they anticipate that...
Rush announces major donation to help it dramatically expand clinical trials for cancer patients By Lisa Schencker December 4, 2025 at 12:28 p.m. The donation will establish the Harold B. Smith Family Cancer Research Center at Rush within...
Shredded cheese sold in Illinois and dozens of other states recalled due to potential for metal fragment contamination By Associated Press December 3, 2025 at 1:44 p.m. There is a recall for more than 260,000 cases of shredded cheese sold in 31...