Health & Wellness

A Northwestern Medicine health clinic focused on breast cancer affecting Latinas is having a significant impact on some people’s journeys. NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection that can be fatal in infants. Here’s what you need to know.

The number of teens and young adults in the United States risking death to get high as recreational use of nitrous oxide — commonly known as whippits — is “rising rapidly,” according to doctors at the Yale School of Medicine.

A nationwide recall of eggs due to Salmonella contamination that began in August has now been classified as a “health hazard situation” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with officials warning of “serious, adverse health consequences.”

An Illinois children’s hospital has been named among the top-rated hospitals in the Midwest in a new ranking by U.S. News and World Report.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture now says a nationwide recall of eggs due to Salmonella contamination that began in August is a “health hazard situation,” with officials saying there is “reasonable probability that use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture now says a nationwide recall of eggs due to Salmonella contamination that began in August is a “health hazard situation,” with officials saying there is “reasonable probability that use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”

The American Red Cross is offering incentives for donors who help address a critical need for blood supplies.

Heading into fall and winter virus season, and with a new COVID variant raising questions, Americans will soon be able to get free test kits mailed to their homes.

Seasonal depression is typically associated with winter, but Health and Wellness Reporter Lauren Petty says it can emerge in other seasons too.

A startling study released by researchers at the University of Washington found that the brains of many teens aged more rapidly during the COVID pandemic, with an especially devastating impact on teen girls.

A groundbreaking study shows that COVID pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions may have prematurely aged teens’ brains, and had an even greater impact on the brains of girls, as Health and Wellness Reporter Lauren Petty explains.

Bullying is an ever-present problem in schools, but for those sufferings from skin conditions, things can be detrimental to both physical and mental health, as Lauren Petty explains.