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Dr. Santina Wheat answers vaccination questions
17+ hour, 18+ min ago (40+ words) WGN Radio 720 Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy Snyder for this week’s health update. They give vaccination updates and answer listener questions....
CDC director’s ‘unusual’ silence draws scrutiny
23+ hour, 57+ min ago (1113+ words) Just a month into her tenure, CDC director Erica Schwartz is missing in action. The country is heading into respiratory virus season, and public guidance on COVID-19, flu and RSV vaccines has been muddled, at best. The worst measles epidemic…...
OTL #1,038: Old Style’s rise and fall in Chicago, Local support for those with disabilities
1+ week, 1+ day ago (57+ words) WGN Radio 720 Mike Stephen discusses the rise and fall of Old Style beer in Chicago with journalist Nick Kindelsperger, then learns about the important work of supporting people with disabilities from Debra Vines, founder and CEO of The Answer Inc....
Cal’s Angels: Helping raise awareness for pediatric cancer
1+ week, 5+ day ago (97+ words) WGN Radio 720 Stacey Wahlberg, president and co-founder of pediatric cancer foundation, Cal's Angels, joins Lisa Dent to kick off Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month and highlight her organization named after her stepson, Cal Sutter, which has invested $5 million in pediatric cancer…...
North Carolina teen dies of brain-eating amoeba infection
1+ week, 5+ day ago (445+ words) (NEXSTAR) – Health officials in North Carolina have confirmed that a teen infected with Naegleria fowleri, also known as a brain-eating amoeba, has died. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) had first shared news of the infection…...
Parents and teachers in Congo urge delay of school resumption as Ebola outbreak rages on
2+ week, 3+ day ago (570+ words) The Ebola outbreak centered in the eastern Ituri province is the fastest-growing in the disease’s history and remains out of control with 5,713 confirmed cases, including 2,744 deaths, according to Congolese health authorities. Schools are set to reopen across Congo on Sept....
FDA approves landmark pancreatic cancer drug that’s shown to improve survival
2+ week, 4+ day ago (483+ words) FDA officials gave expedited approval to the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, which blocks a mutated protein that fuels tumor growth in more than 90% of pancreatic cancer cases. It’s an approach that previously eluded drugmakers for decades. The daily pills will…...
Rebecca Fyffe: Watch out for ticks, mosquitoes and squirrels
2+ week, 6+ day ago (59+ words) WGN Radio 720 Rebecca Fyffe, John Landecker, and some Madagascar hissing cockroaches (WGN Radio/Heinrich) Rebecca Fyffe, Director of Research at Landmark Pest Management, joins John Landecker to talk about the bothersome pests, including ticks, mosquitoes and squirrels, and how people…...
Dr. Santina Wheat on the experimental melanoma vaccine
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (47+ words) WGN Radio 720 Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy Snyder for this week’s health update. They discuss the experimental Melanoma vaccine and its effects, and take listener questions....
Florida county confirms first case of locally acquired Dengue fever
3+ week, 1+ day ago (179+ words) CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Department of Health in Citrus County announced Saturday its first confirmed case of Dengue fever. According to the DOH, Dengue can present as a flu-like illness with severe muscle aches and joint pain, fever,…...