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WATCH: Illinois In Focus Daily | Wednesday June 25th, 2025

(The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop shares reaction to recent rhetoric from Chicago Teachers Union President ...
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Kennedy’s new vaccine advisers meet for first time

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers began their first meeting Wednesday under intense scrutiny from medical experts worried about Americans’ access to lifesaving shots. First on the agenda is an awkward scenario: Kennedy already announced COVID-19 vaccines will ...
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Doctors and moms say these babies in Gaza may die without more formula. They blame Israel’s blockade

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Seham Fawzy Khodeir watches as her son lies inside a dilapidated incubator and listens to his faint cry, mixed with the muted sound of the equipment. The mother of six is increasingly concerned about the survival of Hisham al-Lahham, ...
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US to stop financial support to global vaccine alliance Gavi, says health secretary

(Reuters) -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr said on Wednesday the government would no longer contribute to Gavi, a public-private partnership that helps buy vaccines for the world’s poorest children. Kennedy accused Gavi of neglecting vaccine safety, making questionable recommendations around Covid-19 vaccines and ...
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Gilead signs up to $750 million cancer drug deal with Kymera Therapeutics

(Reuters) -Gilead Sciences has entered into an option and license deal with Kymera Therapeutics to support the development and sales of a class of cancer drugs, the companies said on Wednesday. As part of the deal, Gilead would pay as much as $750 million, including ...
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Factbox-Vaccines and antibodies up for debate at CDC advisory panel meeting

(Reuters) -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee is set to meet for the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the entire panel and named eight new members, half of whom have advocated against vaccines. The meeting, scheduled ...
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Health Rounds: Inhaled insulin as good as injection for children at mealtime

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Children with diabetes who inhaled their mealtime doses of insulin did just as well as those who injected insulin under the skin, ...
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The emotional toll of climate change is broad-ranging, especially for young people

NEW YORK (AP) — Anxiety, grief, anger, fear, helplessness. The emotional toll of climate change is broad-ranging, especially for young people. Many worry about what the future holds, and a daily grind of climate anxiety and distress can lead to sleeplessness, an inability to focus ...
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Explainer-What is the role of Kennedy’s newly appointed US vaccine advisory panel?

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of a national vaccine advisory board, naming eight new members of his choosing and upending the process for recommending shots for the American public. The surprise move drew widespread condemnation ...
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Exclusive-New data show most US patients now stay on Wegovy, Zepbound after a year

By Chad Terhune LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Nearly two-thirds of patients who started on weight-loss drugs Wegovy or Zepbound last year were still taking them a year later, according to an analysis of U.S. pharmacy claims. That level of persistence is higher than what prior analyses have ...
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Bharat, GSK to halve price of malaria vaccine by 2028

By Maggie Fick and Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -Drugmakers Bharat Biotech and GSK will cut the price of their malaria vaccine to $5 per dose by 2028, more than halving its current cost, they said on Wednesday. The vaccine, Mosquirix or RTS,S, was developed by ...
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Germany pledges 600 million euros to vaccine group Gavi

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will provide a combined 600 million euros ($700 million) to global vaccine group Gavi by 2030, the development ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. ($1 = 0.8610 euros)(Reporting by Andreas Rinke and Thomas SeythalEditing by Ludwig Burger) Brought to you by ...
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