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In a vote Monday, 98% of more than 1,000 residents at UChicago voted in favor of representation by the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR/SEIU), which represents staffers at Northwestern.
Las familias de bajos ingresos con niños en edad escolar pueden ser elegibles para recibir $120 en beneficios de alimentos por niño gracias a un nuevo programa financiado con fondos federales.
The government this year acknowledged Agent Orange’s presence at 17 bases, but not others where evidence is mounting — including Fort Ord in California and, possibly, Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois.
One in five adolescents experiences a major depressive episode each year. Adults must understand how to get kids help, according to the CDC.
An attorney for plaintiff Angela Valadez argued for a direct link between her cancer diagnosis and Zantac, which she took for nearly 20 years. Defense attorneys cited the drug’s proven safety record and blamed other health factors for her cancer.
Howard Brown Health Workers United said 98% of votes cast supported ratifying the contract.
The lawsuit is one of many claims made nationwide that the over-the-counter heartburn drug Zantac and its generics have an active ingredient that causes cancer. This is the first to make it to a jury trial.
Low-income families with school-age children may be eligible for $120 in benefits per child thanks to a new federally funded program.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office estimates the drugs — which include Wegovy, Mounjaro and Ozempic — will cost taxpayers $210 million the first year. Others put that number much higher.
What to do when a senior care facility separates you from your husband? Well sing, at first. Then move.
Cristina Nichole Iglesias sued the federal Bureau of Prisons for the right to have the surgery and get the agency to pay for it and won.
Developer Hilco and its contractors agreed to pay the money to neighborhood residents for the 2020 botched smokestack implosion. Mayor Brandon Johnson was urged to release a report on the city’s “negligent” oversight.
Not that many decades ago, it was common for a midwife and close female family members to come together in the home to provide support for Black women during childbirth. We need that same partnership today, the director of West Side United writes.
Young entrepreneurs and supportive patrons can meet each other halfway on this. Here are some thoughts on how to do that.
The recall affects the only medical option for many patients with end-stage heart failure who do not qualify for a transplant.
Mya King, 12, was found unresponsive Sunday morning and died Wednesday. Her mother, Colette Bancroft, was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
Another exposure location was reported at the Sam’s Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park, Cook County health officials said Thursday.
The contract would include raises across the union body — including annual wage increases — a new minimum wage of $19.23, insurance for part-time employees, two weeks of paid leave for gender-affirming care, a union rights clause and protections against layoffs, among other things.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said his proposal will provide nearly $1 billion in medical debt relief for an initial batch of 340,000 Illinois residents in the first year of a multi-year plan.
Advocates for the incarcerated filed a petition with the U.S. EPA, asking the environmental agency to step in and fix a crisis they say Gov. Pritzker is not addressing.