Tag: health news

CHICAGO -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday that the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is rolling out a new service. The new service is a joint effort of ...

(Brandpoint) -- Working out year-round can be extremely beneficial to your long-term health and wellness. But did you know that keeping active during the colder seasons can put you at ...

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it's investigating the cause of a salmonella outbreak that's sickened 419 people in 35 states. Public health ...

CHICAGO (Public News Service)  -- This Sunday is National HIV Testing Day, when people are urged to find out their HIV status and work to end the stigma around HIV and ...

Scientists have been warning the public for years that the continued emission of excessive greenhouse gas into the atmosphere will result in a warming planet. But, rising sea levels and ...

Our bodies are often very interesting things. They can inform us when something isn't quite right. One of these signals our body gives out is the occasional twitching. After a ...

BONN, Germany (UPI) -- International experts in a new scientific study warned on Thursday that pandemics like COVID-19 will emerge more often in the future unless more targeted efforts are made ...

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Older adults can reduce risk for a fatal heart attack or stroke by 20 percent by taking a prescription statin drug, according to a study published Tuesday ...

Weight gain often happens unobtrusively, until you find your pants are not getting over the hips, or your belly is protruding visibly beneath your shirt. Several factors contribute to weight ...

LONDON (UPI) -- Researchers may have found how some skin cancer cells become resistant to currently available chemotherapy. In a study published Monday in the journal Cancer Cell, researchers from ...