Articles by "Mike Riopell"
Mike Riopell, health enews contributor, is a media relations coordinator with Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care. He previously worked as a reporter and editor covering politics and government for the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald and Bloomington Pantagraph, among others. He enjoys bicycles, home repair, flannel shirts and being outside.
The news comes as the number of COVID-19 cases continues a troubling and unrelenting rise in both Illinois and Wisconsin.
Dr. Anthony Fauci reacts to a slow-motion video of a sneeze.
This article will be updated regularly with the latest updates and a collection of reliable sources of information.
You’ll need to keep up precautions even after approval of a COVID-19 shot.
Experts suggest the virus doesn’t spread as well outside as it does indoors. Still, keeping distance and wearing masks are still important.
The opioid abuse crisis is a complicated problem, but stopping young people from getting hooked can go a long way to helping solve it.
In one recent day, more than 500 pounds of unused medical supplies that would have been thrown in the landfill were sent to an organization that cares for animals.