Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medication By Lindsay Whitehurst May 5, 2025 at 6:33 p.m. The Trump administration on Monday asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three...
Salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry, CDC says By Mike Stobbe May 5, 2025 at 5:12 p.m. Two cases were identified in Missouri, and one each in Florida, Illinois, South Dakota, Utah...
Judge throws out case against Abbott Laboratories over its preterm baby formula, days before trial was set to begin in Chicago By Lisa Schencker May 5, 2025 at 4:56 p.m. The court is still scheduled to hear three other bellwether cases about the issue, with...
Landmarks: Chicago Tomato Man shares love of ‘real’ produce thousands of plants at a time By Paul Eisenberg May 5, 2025 at 3:37 p.m. La Grange Park resident Bob Zeni's alter ego, Chicago Tomato Man distributes, 15,000 heirloom tomato...
President Donald Trump is swiftly undoing transgender protections in HUD’s housing policies By Heather Hollingsworth May 5, 2025 at 8:16 a.m. The Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and...
Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs By Mike Stobbe May 4, 2025 at 12:39 p.m. More than a dozen data-gathering programs that track deaths and disease appear to have been...
CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years By Mike Stobbe May 2, 2025 at 11:47 a.m. More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine...
Baxter International, Deerfield-based maker of IV fluid and pharmaceuticals, expects tariff impact of $60M to $70M By Lisa Schencker May 2, 2025 at 10:20 a.m. In recent weeks, a number of companies have been quantifying the impacts of tariffs.
Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US By Megan Janetsky May 2, 2025 at 11:51 a.m. North America’s three biggest measles outbreaks continue to balloon, with more than 2,500 known cases;...
President Donald Trump’s health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care By Amanda Seitz May 1, 2025 at 8:42 a.m. President Donald Trump’s administration released a lengthy review of transgender health care on Thursday that...