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Saint Anthony Hospital Maternity Center Now Offers Alternative Pain Method for Laboring Moms
Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, as it is more commonly known, is now available as a new pain management option for women at the Saint Anthony Hospital Maternity Center. Unlike… Read more
DOI Takes Steps to Curb Growing Opioid Crisis
The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) announced that the state is taking additional steps to curb the growing opioid crisis in Illinois. The DOI is asking the federal government to… Read more
Mom’s Healthy Lifestyle Lowers Child’s Risk of Obesity
Children whose mothers stick to healthy lifestyle practices are less likely to be obese than children of less healthy moms, researchers report. Mothers have a powerful influence over their children’s… Read more
Experimental HIV Vaccine Promising in Early Trial
An experimental HIV vaccine was safe and triggered strong immune responses in healthy adults and in monkeys, researchers report. They say it also protected two-thirds of monkeys against an HIV-like… Read more
UChicago Medicine, Chicago Sky Break the Guinness World Record for Fitness
The University of Chicago Medicine and the WNBA’s Chicago Sky officially broke the Guinness World Record for the largest basketball lesson, which took place during this year’s inaugural #ChicagoFit Health… Read more
Make Enrolling a Breeze with Fast Pass Registration Event
Prospective Triton College students will find everything they need to get ready for the fall semester at the upcoming Fast Pass Registration event. The event is Tuesday, July 24, from… Read more
Local Students Receive ‘El Campeón en Ti’ Scholarship
In partnership with the Alianza U Foundation, Telemundo announced the seven recipients of the “El Campeón en Ti” (The Champion Within You) scholarship to select participants of the Foundation’s mentorship program. Earlier this year, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises launched “El Campeón en… Read more
Chicago Schools to Receive State-of-the-Art Science Labs
By: Ashmar Mandou Chicago Public Schools earlier this week announced the first group of 28 high schools that will receive new, upgraded or renovated science labs as part of the… Read more
CPS to Invest Nearly $1 Billion to Modernize Schools and Propel Academic Growth
As CPS students continue to make record-setting academic progress and earn national acclaim, Chicago Public Schools is proposing a budget that will accelerate their gains, with nearly $1 billion in… Read more
Commissioner Tobolski Secures Transportation Funding
Cook County Commissioner Jeffrey Tobolski (D-16th District) and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle (D-Chicago) are happy to announce that three municipalities have received funding from Cook County’s Invest in… Read more
