Bacteria closed hundreds of Great Lakes beaches in 2024. Here’s what you need to know before jumping into Lake Michigan. By Adriana Pérez August 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. In 2024, over 300 beaches across the Great Lakes closed to visitors or issued swim bans...
Health insurers propose double-digit price increases for Affordable Care Act exchange plans in Illinois By Lisa Schencker August 21, 2025 at 4:35 p.m. In filings with the state, insurance companies blamed the price increases on growing health care...
South Lake Tahoe resident treated for plague By Rick Hurd August 20, 2025 at 4:12 p.m. A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for plague, according to health officials in...
Mokena fundraiser offers connections for people with neuromuscular disease By Melinda Moore August 20, 2025 at 12:05 p.m. Doreen Pomykala of New Lenox renewed a Charcot-Marie-Tooth fundraiser in Mokena to provide connections for people...
UChicago Medicine hopes to expand its cancer care nationwide, announces first affiliation with Kansas hospital By Lisa Schencker August 20, 2025 at 11:21 a.m. AdventHealth Cancer Institute Shawnee Mission in the Kansas City area will remain an independent entity...
Walmart recalls frozen shrimp over potential radioactive contamination By Jonel Aleccia August 19, 2025 at 3:58 p.m. Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 states because federal health officials say...
US pediatricians’ new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice By Mike Stobbe August 19, 2025 at 1:04 p.m. For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging...
Abbott Laboratories scores a win in federal court, as it faces hundreds of suits over formula for preterm babies By Lisa Schencker August 18, 2025 at 5:05 p.m. In the case, Maryland woman Keosha Diggs alleged that her son developed a life-threatening intestinal...
ICE spared him from deportation to Venezuela. He donated a kidney to save his ailing brother in the Chicago area. By Laura Rodríguez Presa August 17, 2025 at 9:07 a.m. Jose Gregorio Gonzalez was allowed to remain in the country so he could donate a...
Got the sniffles? Here’s what to know about summer colds and the COVID-19 variant called stratus By Devi Shastri August 15, 2025 at 4:22 p.m. The expectation is that COVID-19 will eventually settle into a winter seasonal pattern like other...