Oak Lawn Woman Is Cook County's First 2014 West Nile Case
The Oak Lawn resident became ill earlier this month but did not require hospitalization, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health. She is recovering at home.
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The Oak Lawn resident became ill earlier this month but did not require hospitalization, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health. She is recovering at home.
Delaying the start of the school day until at least 8:30 a.m. would help curb their lack of sleep, which has been linked with poor health, bad grades, car crashes and other problems, pediatricians say. More than 40 percent of the nation's public high schools start classes before 8 a.m.
A top Emanuel aide insisted Tuesday the administration has done a better job caring for the mentally ill over the past couple years, despite closing half the city's clinics; but some advocates told aldermen that's simply not the case.
The Chicago Department of Public Health reported that a woman in her 70s contracted the virus in July.
Actor and comedian Robin Williams was privately battling Parkinson's disease when he took his own life this week, according to his wife.
Williams passing has shed light on his overall health; both mental and physical.
George Serena, who was honored Tuesday at LifeSource in Arlington Heights as he extended his arm for pint 151, said "it's just like getting your oil changed."
You might have seen Patrick Kane do it, or Blackhawks teammate Andrew Shaw. The Chicago chapter of the ALS Association is hoping you'll take the ice bucket challenge too.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin was trying to stay out of the dispute over whether the University of Chicago Medical Center should open a trauma center on its Hyde Park hospital campus.
Republic of Liberia Minister of Foreign Affairs Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan spoke to people of Liberian descent, asking them to help educate family back home.
One meeting will be held Aug. 20 in Chicago at Northeastern Illinois University.
Illinois requires students enrolling in school to be up-to-date on immunizations. Students enrolling in kindergarten for the first time in an Illinois school must have an eye exam by a licensed optometrist or a medical doctor.
Throughout the years, epidemics and plagues have shaken up societies and cultures around the world.
Joanne Sullivan received a life-saving stem cell transplant from an anonymous donor in Germany two-and-a-half years ago, after she was diagnosed with myelofibrosis, a form of bone marrow cancer.
Health officials in southwest suburban Grundy County have begun reaching out to people known as hoarders, to provide help for a relatively rare mental health disorder.
