April 18, 2025, 4:47pm Health
A Texas doctor who has been treating children in a measles outbreak was shown on video with a measles rash on his face in a clinic a week before Health… Read story
April 17, 2025, 8:38am Health
Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught up in another increasingly serious problem: misinformation. Read story
April 16, 2025, 11:27am Health
You can have your cake and eat it too — just do it slowly. Read story
April 16, 2025, 8:12am Health
Former President Joe Biden sought Tuesday to use an audience in Chicago of national advocates for the disabled to reestablish himself as a leading party voice to challenge the actions of President Donald Trump amid listless Democratic leadership in taking on Biden’s successor in the White House. Read story
April 15, 2025, 12:55pm Health
An estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, marking another jump in a long string of increases. Read story
April 15, 2025, 11:17am Health
Officials in Arkansas and Indiana moved Tuesday to ban soft drinks and candy from the program that helps low-income people pay for groceries, becoming the first states to ask the Trump administration to let them remove such items from the program long known as food stamps. Read story
April 15, 2025, 10:54am Health
Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a new survey has found. Read story
April 15, 2025, 8:19am Health
At her mother’s home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he’s smiling in front of a bucket of sweating beers and wearing a blue T-shirt that reads, “Pops. The man. The myth. The legend.” Read story
April 15, 2025, 6:03am Health
Walking is one of the most popular forms of exercise in the world. It costs nothing, can be done almost anywhere and provides numerous health benefits. It decreases the risk and severity of chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes and dementia and improves mental health, sleep, longevity and healthy… Read story
April 15, 2025, 6:03am Health
A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University could play a sizable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who developed it. Read story
