Health

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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!

The Hootie & the Blowfish frontman has been donating to the childrens' hospital for 10 years. 

Kroger has issued a recall for certain frozen berries due to possibly being contaminated with Hepatitis A.

Your stress apparently stresses out your dog.

SPONSORED ADVERTISING BY NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM: Dr. Katherine Kopkash discusses oncoplastic breast cancer surgery in this edition of Conversations in Health.

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.

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.

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.

A doctor was charged with murder Wednesday in the deaths of 25 hospital patients who, authorities say, were killed with deliberate overdoses of painkillers, many of them administered by other medical workers on his orders.

An inmate is being held in solitary confinement in southern Wisconsin after being diagnosed with the mumps.

Newer drugs are substantially improving the chances of survival for some people with hard-to-treat forms of lung, breast and prostate cancer, doctors reported at the world's largest cancer conference.

FOX NEWS - Coffee lovers rejoice! A new study published Monday states that coffee isn't as bad for the human heart as previously thought.

Summer grilling season is here but if you've stocked up on Johnsonville smoked sausages, you'll want to check the labels as 93,393 pounds have been recalled because of possible "extraneous material."

Newer drugs are substantially improving the chances of survival for some people with hard-to-treat forms of lung, breast and prostate cancer, doctors reported at the world's largest cancer conference.