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Illinois is issuing its own guidance about flu, COVID-19 and RSV vaccinations for this fall – amid continuing confusion over federal vaccine recommendations.

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday released its guidance for this fall respiratory virus season, with recommendations including:

• Flu vaccines for everyone ages 6 ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday promised to send $500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million enrollees in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans, who he says were overcharged when former President Joe Biden was in the White House.

Trump claimed the money would compensate Obamacare enrollees in 30 mostly Republican states for what he ...Read more

NEW YORK — Billy Joel says that he’s doing better after getting a shunt in his brain.

The 77-year-old New Yorker worried fans last year when he canceled a string of shows including a Madison Square Garden gig due to an abnormal buildup of fluid in his brain known as hydrocephalus.

Joel said in a SiriusXM interview aired Wednesday that the ...Read more

DETROIT — An Oakland County resident may have contracted West Nile virus, health officials said Thursday.

They said they identified a probable human case of the disease in Oakland County.

"This is the county’s first probable case this year," the Oakland County Health Division said in a statement. "No further information is available about ...Read more

Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when you learned of the September 11 terrorist attacks that occurred 25 years ago?

Do you remember what you saw on television or how you felt? Is your memory highly detailed, and are you confident that what you are remembering is an accurate recollection of those details?

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Drugs for treating depression are among the most prescribed category of medications in the U.S. – 1 in 6 American adults take them.

Some health researchers and advocates have raised concerns that too many patients are using antidepressants and that patients who want to stop taking them struggle to do so. One of the most prominent ...Read more

A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling for the Trump administration to suspend a new surveillance program it quietly launched to collect the personal and identifiable health data of Americans who visit emergency rooms.

KFF Health News first reported that the Consumer Product Safety Commission — a federal agency tasked with monitoring ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've heard that many symptoms of gynecologic cancers can mimic menstrual or menopausal changes, such as bleeding and pelvic pain. What symptoms should never be ignored, and when do I know it's time to see a healthcare professional?

ANSWER: Pay attention to changes that are new, persistent, worsening or simply different from ...Read more

After a failed round of in vitro fertilization this year, Anne Hug’s fertility doctor said she had a single polyp in her uterus that should be removed to improve the chance of pregnancy. Hug, a professor of radiology, learned that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says the procedure can be done in a doctor’s office with...Read more

Imagine trying not to blink, resisting the urge to sneeze or refusing to scratch an intense itch. For a short time, you can probably succeed, but the effort becomes increasingly untenable until the urge eventually wins.

People with Tourette syndrome describe tic suppression in a similar manner. Tourette syndrome causes tics, or ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I just had a mammogram, and I was told that I have dense breast tissue. What does that mean?

ANSWER: About half of women are considered to have dense breasts, based on the appearance of their breast tissue on a mammogram. The main concerns about dense breast tissue are that it makes breast cancer screening more complex and ...Read more

A 65-year-old retiring in 2026 can expect to spend $185,000 on healthcare costs. That’s a 130% increase since 2002.

Those figures come from a new report from Fidelity, and they don’t include long-term care, such as at-home caretakers or retirement homes.

You may have mapped out your retirement destination and legacy plans, but have you ...Read more

Power outages can be more than just an inconvenience. They may be risky for your health, even life-threatening. Because of severe weather and aging electrical infrastructure, blackouts in the U.S. occur more often now and last longer — the national average was 11 hours in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Longer ...Read more

Q: What is fenugreek used for?

A: Certain foods that we use in the preparation of our meals not only provide flavor but often have health-promoting benefits. An example of this is fenugreek, a plant that is used in Middle Eastern and Indian cooking.

Fenugreek is found within commercially available blends of curry power and can also be found in...Read more

In Minnesota, an elementary schooler has gone without surgery to treat a rare, life-threatening neck infection that isn’t responding to antibiotics.

Another young child can’t use their hearing aids because the family ran out of batteries and hasn’t come to get replacements.

Yet another child’s cochlear implant surgery was delayed by ...Read more