As Republicans in Springfield and Washington push an extreme, right-wing agenda against women’s access to birth control, State Representative Juliana Stratton, D-Chicago, is fighting back by supporting legislation to allow… Read more »

Almost six million people die from a stroke each year, and although scientists aren’t recommending spider bites to remedy that, the poison contained in one particular arachnid may fend off… Read more »

The City of Chicago’s Community Development Commission (CDC) unanimously voted on the sale of an 11-acre parcel of land by 31st Street and Kedzie Avenue for a $589 million community… Read more »

Between 2000 and 2015, poison control centers in the United States received 188,468 calls about prescription opioid exposures in children and teens, a new study finds. That translates to roughly… Read more »

According to the National Institutes of Health, on any given day one-third of children and 41 percent of teens eat from a fast-food restaurant. They also report that the restaurant… Read more »

For newborns, skin-to-skin contact with parents and caregivers may help shape how their brains respond to touch, a sense necessary for social and emotional connections, a new study suggests. Plenty… Read more »

Mientras los republicanos en Springfield y Washington luchan por una agenda de extrema derecha contra el acceso de la mujer a los anticonceptivos, La Representante Estatal Juliana Stratton, D-Chicago, lucha… Read more »

Casi seis millones de personas murieron de una embolia el año pasado y aunque los científicos no recomiendan la mordida de una araña para remediarla, el veneno contenido en un… Read more »

En los recién nacidos, el contacto, piel a piel, con los padres y cuidadores pueden ayudarles a delinear como responde su cerebro al tacto, un sentido necesario para conexiones sociales… Read more »

De acuerdo al Instituto Nacional de la Salud, en cualquier día, una tercera parte de los niños y el 41 por ciento de los adolescentes comen en un restaurante de… Read more »