Doctor: Kids At Higher Risk For Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke

CBS Chicago (Health) 7/19 8:42A Health – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS)   With temperatures rising, children and the elderly are at a higher risk for heat exhaustion or heat stroke than the general population and precautions need to be taken before they go outside. Dr. Marcelo Malakooti is a pediatrician...

Extreme Heat Can Be Dangerous For Young People In Cars

CBS Chicago (Health) 7/19 6:18A Health – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS)   The intense heat poses a big risk to young passengers inside cars already this year, 21 kids in the U.S. who have been left in a hot car have died. But on extremely hot days, the danger increases exponentially. A car s temperature...

As Measles Crisis Worsens, More Illinoisans Are Claiming Religious Objections To Vaccines

CBS Chicago (Health) 7/9 1:12A Health – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) Every Fall, Megan Redshaw performs an unusual back to school ritual for her family. She fills out special paperwork, sits through doctors visits and listens during informational sessions for each of her four school-aged children, all...

A Woman’s Quest To Find A Specific Dress For A Child With Autism Brings Strangers Together

CBS Chicago (Health) 7/8 9:34A Health – CBS Chicago

(AP) Deborah Price posted on a photo on Twitter of a dress with a rainbow heart on it. Friend s autistic daughter only wears this dress. Don t judge, Price wrote. Sometimes people can t cope with certain stuff &it doesn t matter in the grand...

Chicago Vegan Food Maker Lawsuit: Mississippi Labeling Law Violates Free Speech

CBS Chicago (Health) 7/2 8:49A Health – CBS Chicago

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) A federal lawsuit filed by a Chicago vegan food maker says Mississippi is violating free-speech rights by banning makers of plant-based foods from using terms such as meatless meatballs and vegan bacon. The lawsuit was filed...

Giving The Gift Of Life

CBS Chicago (Health) 7/1 1:58P Health – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS)   Two sisters giving the gift of life leading to a day of smiles, hugs and hope. Sisters Hannah and Bethany Goralski decided to donate a kidney to a complete stranger back in March, in memory of their father who died of Crohn s...

3 Patients, 1 Employee Contract Legionnaires’ Disease At Advocate Christ Medical Center

CBS Chicago (Health) 6/27 5:44A Health – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) Three patients and an employee at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn have been infected with Legionnaires’ Disease, prompting an investigation by state health officials. The hospital has run tests and confirmed the...

Prosecutors: No Criminal Charges In Illinois Ammonia Leak

CBS Chicago (Health) 6/26 6:23A Health – CBS Chicago

WAUKGAN, Ill. (AP) Prosecutors in northern Illinois say they won t file criminal charges in connection with an April anhydrous ammonia leak that sickened more than 40 people, including first...

Spurred By CBS 2 Investigation, Lawmakers Move Forward In Pushing For Ethylene Oxide Restrictions

CBS Chicago (Health) 6/24 12:40P Health – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS)   Now to a CBS 2 investigation. Months ago, CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini introduced viewers to Matt Haller, a man who died of stomach cancer. Haller told CBS 2 before his death he believed his cancer was caused by elevated levels...

New Law Named After Matt Haller Puts Strict Limits On Toxic Ethylene Oxide Emissions; ‘An...

CBS Chicago (Health) 6/24 5:49A Health – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) Elected officials and community activists from the Willowbrook area on Monday celebrated new legislation to crack down on cancer-causing emissions in Illinois, sparked by a battle with the now-shuttered Sterigenics plant. It s being...

CVS Announces Further Expansion Into Health Care Services

CBS Chicago (Health) 6/4 4:31A Health – CBS Chicago

(AP) CVS Health is pushing deeper into health services with plans to add dietitians, medical equipment and space for the occasional yoga class to 1,500 stores over the next few years. The drugstore chain that quit selling tobacco several years...

Recreational Marijuana To Be Legal In Illinois

CBS Chicago (Health) 5/31 10:14A Health – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) Recreational marijuana will soon be legal in Illinois. On Friday state lawmakers made it a reality. It goes into effect January 1. State representatives voted 66 to 47 in favor of legalization, two days after the Senate passed the...

BREAKING: Lawmakers Vote To Legalize Marijuana In Illinois

CBS Chicago (Health) 5/31 8:31A Health – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS)   For the first time in the history of the state, recreational marijuana will be legal in Illinois. With a vote of 66-47, the bill now heads to Governor JB Pritzker s desk. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (CRTA) received final...

OK To Smoke, Not To Grow? States Wrestle With Homegrown Pot

CBS Chicago (Health) 5/29 9:53A Health – CBS Chicago

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers working to legalize recreational marijuana have hit a potential snag that other states have wrestled with: whether to allow people to grow a few pot plants for personal use. The 10 states that have...

Alex Trebek Shares ‘Mind-Boggling’ Pancreatic Cancer Update

CBS Chicago (Health) 5/29 7:29A Health – CBS Chicago

(AP) — Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek says his doctors say he s in near remission of advanced pancreatic cancer and his response to the treatment is kind of mind-boggling. The 78-year-old TV personality...