After over three decades at OSF HealthCare, Michelle Conger recently became the leader of the Peoria-based health system.
The Department of Public Health and other leaders in the field said they will use April to highlight the essential, but often overlooked, public health services.
Lawmakers are looking to create a new grant program to pay for abortions for uninsured or underinsured people.
Registered nurses at Rush University Medical Center will seek to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.
John Peller is set to step down from the AIDS Foundation of Chicago after over a decade of leadership.
The Illinois House approved various healthcare-related bills on Wednesday, including an effort that makes permanent a current law that gives the attorney general greater oversight of healthcare transactions, specifically mergers and acquisitions that include healthcare facilities.
The Trump administration recently announced it is investigating Illinois and 12 other states over requirements that state-regulated health insurance plans cover abortion services.
Illinois’ Medicaid managed care enrollment fell slightly in February, according to recent data from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
A House committee signed off Tuesday afternoon on a plan to require a physician who diagnoses autism in a child to provide information to the family about nearby services.
Veterans would no longer be subjected to copayment requirements for preventive health services under a new proposal from Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., wants the Trump administration to pull a proposal that promotes catastrophic health plans and make other changes to the Affordable Care Act marketplace next year.
Chicago public officials joined health leaders Tuesday to break ground on the state’s first dedicated, nonprofit birth center.
Rural health leaders from across Illinois came to Springfield this week for the annual conference hosted by the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network.
Carle Health announced Thursday that Dr. Keith Knepp is set to depart as head of its greater Peoria region.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined over a dozen colleagues Thursday to urge the Supreme Court to preserve longstanding state laws that allow individuals to go after pesticide manufacturers for negative health impacts.
A new statewide initiative will look to increase awareness of lung cancer screenings among Black and Hispanic residents 50 and older.
