Sex Ed Law May Mean Little Change For Most Schools
Illinois schools that teach sex education will be required to provide information about birth control and sexually transmitted diseases -- not just abstinence.
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Illinois schools that teach sex education will be required to provide information about birth control and sexually transmitted diseases -- not just abstinence.
Coming up in two weeks in downtown Chicago, an underground industry will step into the spotlight, at a symposium on marijuana growing.
Imagine not taking your child to the park for the first 16-months of his or her life. That's the reality for Jessica Allender of Hyde Park, mom to 16-month old twins Max and Coral.
Hundreds of people were gathering Friday for the start of the final Susan G. Komen 3-Day breast cancer walk in the Chicago area.
Less than a week since it was signed into law, the state's first medical marijuana clinic has opened it's doors and already the demand is high.
How did a dental instrument end up in the stomach of an elderly suburban man?
Health officials investigating the cases have been unable to track the illness to any particular food source, said Illinois Department of Public Health spokeswoman Melaney Arnold.
It's time for parents to think about back-to-school shots for their children, and that includes high school students.
Protesters gathered outside Northwestern Memorial Hospital Sunday afternoon demanding undocumented immigrants be allowed to get in line for organ transplants.
Governor Quinn went to Eisenhower High School in Blue Island this afternoon and signed a bill inspired by a former Eisenhower football player, Rocky Clark, who was paralyzed from the neck down after he was tackled during a game in 2000.
It's a topic no one wants to talk about: death. A new website hopes to provide support for loved ones of people facing terminal illness.
Illinois has become the 20th state in the U.S. to legalize medical marijuana on Thursday, after Gov. Pat Quinn signed a measure allowing doctors to prescribe the drug to patients with a limited number of serious medical conditions.
It's a parasite that has some incredibly troubling symptoms: Cramps, fatigue and diarrhea that just won't go away.
Northwestern University has agreed to pay the government almost $3 million because one of their cancer researchers was living large on federal dollars.
When Jenna and Kurt Kutzka learned they likely wouldn't be able to have children naturally they turned to in-vitro fertilization.
