Mosquitoes In Four Suburbs Test Positive For West Nile
It's official. In Cook County, this year's mosquitoes aren't just nuisance biters anymore. Culex mosquitos, which carry the West Nile virus, are out now.
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It's official. In Cook County, this year's mosquitoes aren't just nuisance biters anymore. Culex mosquitos, which carry the West Nile virus, are out now.
Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday signed legislation that aims to increase the safety of infant and newborn.
Your aching back, knee-problems and chronic hip pain may trace back to when you were a kid.
Officials for two Chicago area hospital systems say they've signed an agreement to merge, paving the way to create Illinois' largest Catholic-owned health care system.
An Illinois health insurance program for children has implemented new income eligibility requirements.
Johnson and Johnson has recalled 61,000 bottles of extra-strength Tylenol caplets form 2009 because of a musty smell.
Two children in the last three weeks have been treated at Children's Memorial Hospital after they ingested button batteries.
An annual water quality report from the National Resources Defense Council found that Great Lakes beaches were the most frequently closed beaches in the nation because of contaminated water.
Public health programs are underfunded, and others are under political attack according to a report from the American Public Health Association.
The American Medical Association at its annual meeting in Chicago Tuesday took aim at ads that promote unrealistic body images.
Every time you get behind the wheel, you could be at risk for skin cancer. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
Would a $2 bottle of fattening soda have Americans drinking less and slimming down? As CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports, some doctors think a big fat soda tax is the answer.
The nation's doctors remain divided over a key plank of President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
Starting in the fall of 2012, smokers reaching for a pack of cigarettes will get an in-your-face warning about what they're doing to themselves and the people around them.
Sunglasses for kids are actually a good thing, one pediatrician tells CBS 2's Mary Kay Kleist. But what should you look for in shades for your youngster?
