Health
Endometriosis, ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids and female orgasmic disorder are now on the list for medical conditions that can be treated with cannabis in Illinois. Studies have found cannabis can help manage the chronic pain associated with those conditions.
It was on Jan. 13, 2020, that a traveler returning from China arrived infected by the COVID virus. What, if anything, have we learned since?
Ezike, a regular face on Illinois TV screens in the worst days of the pandemic, acknowledged she violated the state’s “revolving door” ethics law when she took the job as CEO of Sinai Chicago in 2022, but she says she didn’t do it intentionally.
It comes after no children died of the seasonal flu during the 2023-24 season, which runs from September to May, according to the agency.
Midway through Gov. JB Pritzker’s three-year plan to relocate 123 residents from the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, the state faces “significant barriers” to fixing a troubled system, according to a independent monitor.
Chief Financial Officer Tonya Tucker will serve as interim CEO while the organization searches for a permanent replacement.
As concerns over avian influenza have grown after a Louisiana man died from it earlier this week, there have been calls to ban or restrict owning farm animals in the city — most recently from Ald. Ray Lopez.
Lawmakers also passed an energy bill and legislation transferring land to the state’s first federally recognized tribal nation in the final days of the 103rd General Assembly before new members are sworn in Wednesday.
The increase in cases in the state comes as a Louisiana man with underlying health conditions died from the disease on Monday. Experts say those who come into contact with wild birds or other animals like cattle should take precautions.
The death in Louisiana — involving a person with underlying health conditions — is the first human case in the United States linked to exposure to backyard birds, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Much of the public is ignorant about the potential cancer risks tied to alcohol. Shouldn’t they be alerted to them, as U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s plan would do?
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s office warns alcohol consumption is to blame for nearly one million preventable cancer cases in the U.S. over the last decade.
Bottles of beer, wine and liquor already carry warning labels that say pregnant women should not drink and that alcohol consumption can impair someone’s ability to drive a car. But the proposed label would go further.
Groceries aren’t always enough to combat food insecurity. Older adults and those with disabilities may need prepared meals delivered, the chair of the Greater Chicago Food Depository explains.
A man in Chicago with a troubling symptom underwent a common procedure at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Then he wanted to know why the hospital charged nearly three times its own cost estimate.
The Edinburgh native was one of three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016 for creating machines the size of cells and related innovations in nanoscience, having “taken chemistry to a new dimension,” according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awarded the prize.
Bowl games, hangovers and cold weather don’t stop crowds from heading to the gym to lift weights, play pickleball and do yoga as they reset, recover and aim for new goals.
Pharmacy benefit managers make decisions about medication access that aren’t always based on the best interests of patients.
Parents across the city celebrated — and rested up — after ringing in 2025 by holding their newborns.