Recent Stories
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Brightpoint is working to broaden the population it serves by providing tools that make the agency's services more accessible to non-English speaking families.
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Matt Andrews of Heyworth had been a school principal for the better part of two decades when he began experiencing what his wife Sarah described as coordination issues and constant headaches in the fall of 2021.
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HIV [Human Immunodeficiency Virus] Testing Day is Thursday, June 27, and McLean County health officials want more people to get tested for the virus.
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Bloomington-Normal emergency personnel are reminding people of the importance of knowing CPR in case of emergency.
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In this edition of WGLT’s Sound Health, Rachel Fehl, an advanced practice nurse with the OSF Weight Management Center in Peoria, explained how the drug works and addressed common misconceptions and accessibility barriers.
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The Illinois Faith and Recovery Collaborative offers free trainings for faith groups to equip their members with a scientific lens with which to view substance abuse recovery and mental health.
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Data shows that around 17% of people in Illinois have experienced long COVID as of March, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Finding data more granular — say, for central Illinois, or even McLean County — is a little trickier.
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Measles cases have spiked in Illinois and across the U.S. as vaccination rates have slipped in recent years.
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Actress Olivia Munn has brought attention to breast cancer in young women and the importance of risk assessment.
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The sport of pickleball has had explosive growth over the last 10 years. About nine million people now play in the U.S. In Bloomington-Normal, parks and rec departments have added a lot of courts, and a private concern is building an indoor pickleball facility. But along with the rise in the number of players, there has been huge increase in the number of injuries.