FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff By Matthew Perrone July 2, 2025 at 6:46 p.m. The government’s top vaccine official working under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently restricted...
Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban By Todd Richmond July 2, 2025 at 2:17 p.m. The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday,...
As Trump EPA reconsiders asbestos ban, Indiana man with asbestosis gets lifesaving lung transplant By Rebecca Johnson July 2, 2025 at 11:28 a.m. As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering...
Alleged co-conspirator linked to Loretto Hospital scandal pleads not guilty By Caroline Kubzansky July 1, 2025 at 4:13 p.m. The owner of two allegedly fraudulent COVID-19 testing labs linked to a disgraced ex-executive of...
Oak Park’s Harriet Hawkins adds Emergency Nurses Association award to ‘trophies from around the world’ By Melinda Moore June 30, 2025 at 2:25 p.m. Oak Park resident Harriet Hawkins' years of kindness earned her the 2025 Judith C. Kelleher...
As HIV research gutted at federal level, Northwest Indiana man shares his HIV story By Alexandra Kukulka June 29, 2025 at 10:05 a.m. Jeremy Gregson was sitting in his Northwest Indiana home two years ago when he got...
‘Having Medicaid keeps me alive’: Illinois residents anxiously watch as Congress considers Medicaid cuts By Lisa Schencker June 30, 2025 at 12:35 p.m. Across Illinois, 3.4 million people are on Medicaid — about one-fourth of the state’s population.
Evanston to protect privacy of abortion, gender-care patients by limiting license plate reader tech By Richard Requena June 27, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. Evanston passed an ordinance to protect the privacy of abortion and gender-care patients by limiting...
Environmental activists explain concerns with U.S. Steel deal By Maya Wilkins June 27, 2025 at 3:38 p.m. Environmental activists called on the Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel to address the health, climate...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s made promises about vaccines. Here’s what he’s done as health secretary By Associated Press June 27, 2025 at 11:32 a.m. Here’s a look at what Kennedy has said and done since becoming the nation’s top...