Inside a children’s hospital struggling to cope with a surge of respiratory illness By Kaiser Health News December 26, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. Waiting for their turn in the emergency room, dazed-looking parents in winter coats bounced crying...
Is it COVID, the flu, RSV or just a cold? Here’s what your symptoms could mean By McClatchy-Tribune News Service December 26, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. There's a trio of viruses spreading in the U.S. — COVID-19, the flu and RSV...
This South Side hospital earned an F for safety. Now it has a B. Here’s how it happened. By Lisa Schencker December 26, 2022 at 8:42 a.m. The news was a surprise to everyone at St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center....
Immigrant health care workers tend to migrants arriving in Chicago from Texas, planting a seed of hope for their future By Laura RodrÃguez Presa March 6, 2024 at 11:46 a.m. On a cold December day, a little over 50 years ago, Pilar Guerrero arrived in...
Screen time increases chances of OCD in preteens, study finds By The Charlotte Observer December 24, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. Screen time is linked with obsessive compulsive disorder diagnoses in children, according to a new...
Biden administration releases doses of prescription flu medicine from national stockpile By Associated Press December 23, 2022 at 2:13 p.m. The Biden administration said Wednesday it will release doses of prescription flu medicine from the...
How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions By Fred Schulte December 16, 2022 at 11:34 a.m. In April 2016, government auditors asked a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage health plan in Minnesota...
How to prevent injuries when playing pickleball By Mayo Clinic News Network December 16, 2022 at 11:27 a.m. The game of pickleball is surging in popularity across the country. It can be played...
Indiana’s attorney general asks state to discipline doctor who spoke of 10-year-old’s abortion By Associated Press November 30, 2022 at 3:55 p.m. Indiana's Republican attorney general on Wednesday asked the state medical licensing board to discipline an...
Monkeypox Has a New Name: Mpox By The New York Times November 28, 2022 at 11:55 a.m. The World Health Organization, responding to complaints that the word monkeypox conjures up racist tropes...