Sam Roe

New cellphones are charged and prepped before being tested for radiofrequency radiation last year at the RF Exposure Lab in San Marcos, Calif.

We tested popular cellphones for radiofrequency radiation. Now the FCC is investigating.

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

The Apple iPhone 7 was set to operate at full power and secured below a tub of clear liquid, specially formulated to simulate human tissue. With the push of a...

A cellphone is tested at RF Exposure Lab in October 2018.

Testing cellphones for radiofrequency radiation: How we did it

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

Over the past year, the Chicago Tribune hired RF Exposure Lab in San Marcos, Calif., to measure 11 different cellphone models for radiofrequency radiation. RF Exposure, an accredited testing lab...

There were 10 customers and six salespeople in the C.D. Peacock jewelry store at Oakbrook Center when security guard Doyle Farrell shot Levert Jones on June 23, 2013.

On guard, unchecked: Security guards get little scrutiny, even when they fire their guns

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

At a troubled Chicago liquor store, two security guards fired a barrage of bullets at a moving SUV, killing a 20-year-old woman. The guards said the SUV was headed right...

Mary Mims and her lawyer, Stephan Blandin, view photos of Letasha Mims in his office on May 16, 2018.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush calls for troubled Englewood nursing home to be shut down

May 23, 2019 at 5:56 a.m.

Saying conditions at the Wentworth Rehab nursing home on the South Side were “deplorable and despicable,” U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois is calling on federal regulators to investigate and...

Inside Chicago’s worst nursing home: bug bites, bruises and death

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

For days, the Wentworth Rehab nursing home on the South Side ignored warnings that a resident was posing a fire danger by smoking while breathing with the aid of an...

Allison Zayas was a top seller of the antipsychotic Seroquel for the drugmaker AstraZeneca. She filed a whistleblower lawsuit in 2010 against the company because, she said, they didn't take appropriate action when she reported there was evidence of a fatal drug interaction.

Whistleblower says she warned drugmaker of risks of taking antipsychotic Seroquel with methadone

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Few prescription drugs were as popular as the antipsychotic Seroquel. Psychiatrists trusted it, nursing homes used it and addiction specialists prescribed it. Annual sales exceeded $3 billion. But in the...

Chicago moves closer to easing pharmacist workload

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

Chicago has moved a step closer to placing major restrictions on pharmacist workloads in a bid to improve consumer safety. The City Council Finance Committee on Tuesday approved a measure...

After a Tribune investigation, Gov. Bruce Rauner is set to start requiring pharmacists to counsel patients on dangerous drug interactions.

Illinois’ new pharmacy rules to improve consumer safety may start today

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

Many Illinois consumers stopping by a drugstore to pick up a new prescription soon will be hearing a lot more from the pharmacist. Pharmacists throughout the state are being required...

Alexis Byun, 31, lives in Chicago but grew up in Guam. She's holding a Guam flag that she displays in her car.

Chicagoans with ties to Guam feel worry — but also annoyance — at North Korea’s threats

May 23, 2019 at 4:48 a.m.

Chicagoan Amiel Cabiling grew up in Guam, and he says it is truly an island paradise: White sand beaches. Crystal-clear water. Warm, carefree days that seem to stretch on forever....

A shopper enters a CVS store on Chicago's Michigan Avenue on Sept. 2, 2014. CVS is among the pharmacy chains that have made changes in response to a Chicago Tribune investigation of pharmacies' handling of dangerous drug combinations.

Pharmacy chains make sweeping changes to prevent drug interactions

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

CVS says it has upgraded its computer alert system at pharmacies nationwide to better protect patients. Walgreens says it has provided additional training for thousands of its pharmacists. Wal-Mart, Costco...

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