Spending 2 hours per week outside will improve your health

A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports says a good dose of the outdoors can make you happier and healthier.

Doctor who inappropriately touched patients gets prison term

A northern Illinois doctor who pleaded guilty to aggravated battery after an investigation revealed he inappropriately touched three female patients has been sentenced to a second nine-year prison term.

New York eliminates religious exemption to vaccine mandates

Two more Yeshivas were closed in New York on the same day that the state eliminated a religious exemption to vaccine requirements in the face of its worst measles outbreak in decades.

Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide

Maine legalized medically assisted suicide on Wednesday, becoming the eighth state to allow terminally ill people to end their lives with prescribed medication.

SPONSORED ADVERTISING BY NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM: High-risk pregnancy

SPONSORED ADVERTISING BY NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM: Dr. Erin Tran from NorthShore University HealthSystem talks about adopting a healthy lifestyle to prevent a high-risk pregnancy.

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SPONSORED ADVERTISING BY NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM:?Dr. Erin Tran from?NorthShore University HealthSystem talks about adopting a healthy lifestyle to prevent a high-risk pregnancy.

Illinois Senate approves bill to expand abortion rights

The Illinois Senate has approved a bill to replace Illinois' abortion law with less restrictive language that gives people "a fundamental right" to make decisions about their reproductive health.

MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island to close December 31

A hospital in suburban Chicago is set to close by the end of the year, impacting more than a thousand workers and thousands of patients.

Scientists develop potential Alzheimer's vaccine, successfully treat mice

A team of researchers at the University of New Mexico is deeloping a new vaccine that they hope will be able to prevent Alzheimer's disease in humans after seeing promising results in tests with mice. 

Girl, 14, had hundreds of undigested boba pearls stuck in stomach, reports say

A 14-year-old girl from China suffered an abdominal blockage and had hundreds of undigested boba pearls stuck in her stomach after enduring five days of constipation, according to Chinese media reports.

Young leukemia survivor raises over $10K selling lemonade

A little girl in St. Petersburg survived her battle against cancer, and decided to help other kids going through the fight -- raising over $10,000!

Doctors find tapeworm egg in woman's brain instead of suspected cancerous tumor

When doctors in New York were preparing to find a suspected cancerous tumor in a woman's brain, they ended up discovering the egg of a tapeworm instead.

Coroner says woman died of THC overdose after smoking marijuana oil

A Louisiana woman who died in February was killed from THC overdose, according to a coroner who said he reached the conclusion this month from a toxicology report.

Study: Humans ingest 74,000 plastic particles each year, even more if you drink bottled water

Americans are ingesting thousands of tiny plastic particles each year, and according to new research, those who hydrate exclusively from bottled water could be doubling the amount of their intake.