The Covid-19 pandemic changed the world forever. It taught mental health experts some vital lessons and reinforced to Walgreens how the company’s Expressions Challenge is important for the mental health of teenage students. Expressions helped more than 3,500 teens nationwide ...

TTW Staff The American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis – its worst blood shortage in more than a decade. Dangerously low blood supply levels are posing a concerning risk to patient care and forcing doctors to make ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to expand the use of a single booster dose to include use in individuals from 12 to 15. The agency announced in a ...

To prepare for a likely surge of post-holiday Omicron COVID-19 cases and to prepare for a potential shortage of staffed ICU beds, Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Health and Hospital Association are urging hospitals to take every possible measure ...

President Biden recently announced new actions aimed at protecting Americans and helping communities and hospitals battle Omicron. Among the actions are plans to distribute 500 million free at-home rapid COVID-19 tests beginning in January, which the White House called another ...

TTW Staff That’s how Lydia Langford views the monthly blood transfusions she gets. “If I don’t get that blood, then I’m going to die,” Langford said. “And it truly, truly, is life or death.” The Problem Since birth, Langford has ...

Joliet Junior College and SHIELD Illinois will hold a Holiday COVID-19 Screening on Tuesday, Dec. 21 from 9 a.m. to noon. The screenings take place in Lower J-Building at Main Campus, 1215 Houbolt Road.

U.S. News & World Report has recognized Edward Hospital in Naperville and Elmhurst Hospital in its inaugural list of Best Hospitals for Maternity Care. Edward and Elmhurst Hospitals, part of Edward-Elmhurst Health (EEH), are among 237 of 2,700 hospitals in ...

For the second week in a row, COVID numbers for Will County are on the rise, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02) on Tuesday attended Vice President Harris’ first-ever Maternal Health Day of Action at the White House.

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox recently reported a total of 54 COVID-related patients, 52 of which were “COVID-positive” and, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the seven-day test positivity rate in Will County rose to 8.6 percent. ...

TTW Staff Nearly two years into the pandemic, everyone has earned a holiday break with their family and friends. But as the nation gathers again for celebrations this season, the American Red Cross, which provides 40% of the country’s blood, ...

The Plainfield Fire Protection District will host a community blood drive with Versiti Blood Center of Illinois on Wednesday, December 8th from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Fire District Administration and Training Facility, 23748 W. 135th Street.

thetimesweekly.com The California and San Francisco Departments of Public Health have confirmed that a recent case of COVID-19 among an individual in California was caused by the Omicron variant. According to a news release from the Centers for Disease Control ...