WASHINGTON — Determined to advance President Barack Obama’s health-care agenda, key Senate Democrats are calling for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, as well as a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do not offer coverage to employees.
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Mexico is urging citizens to stay home for five days and shutting down nonessential government services in hopes of containing the swine flu outbreak, which the World Health Organization warns is on the brink of becoming a global epidemic.
A 23-month-old toddler died in Texas from the swine flu virus as authorities in the United States and around the world struggled to contain a growing global health menace that has also swept Germany onto the roster of afflicted nations.
The swine flu epidemic crossed new borders today with the first cases confirmed in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region, as the number of deaths in Mexico blamed on the virus surpassed 150.
Swine flu is running wild in the Southern Hemisphere and is spreading rapidly through Europe, with Britain projected to reach 100,000 daily cases by the end of August. The virus is even showing signs of rebounding in Mexico.
The OSF Saint Anthony Regional Heart Institute will present an Autism Overview dealing with diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders in its next women’s program at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, in the atrium of OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center, 5666 E. State St.
CHICAGO — When carpenter Greg Douglas rolled his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000. Douglas is among thousands of people now telling their stories on videos, ads and Web sites on both sides of the health-care debate.
You don’t have to be Michael Jackson to have this problem: The odds of surviving cardiac arrest after getting CPR in a hospital are slim and have not improved in more than a decade, a big Medicare study concludes.
The Food and Drug Administration will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency’s strongest safety warning over side effects including depression and suicidal thoughts.
President Barack Obama hugged a cancer patient Wednesday at an emotional forum before a supportive audience and vowed to bring greater efficiency and accessibility to the nation’s health-care system.
The Illinois Department of Human Services is putting more nutritional foods on the list that low-income women can buy through a government food program.
The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Monday not to use skin products made by Clarcon because of high levels of disease-causing bacteria found during a recent inspection.
A consumer advocacy group on Thursday threatened to sue Bayer Healthcare if it continues to claim its One-A-Day vitamins for men reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
Dr. Kent Hoskins, an oncologist at the Center for Cancer Care at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center answers common questions about testicular cancer.
OSF Medical Group physicians are offering sports physicals to students in Rockford-area schools.
Health officials say more than half of Illinois’ swine flu cases have been in children.
Jory Sturdevant, a 2009 graduate of South Beloit High School, received the first Ina M. Cholke and Olga Dean Bullard Trust Fund scholarship to support medical studies today at Rockford Memorial Hospital.
Doctors recommend annual blood pressure checks for most patients. How long has it been since yours was checked?