Health News Illinois gathered several of the state’s top healthcare lobbyists this week to weigh in on the 2021 legislative spring session.
UnityPoint Health-Trinity and Encompass Health officials broke ground this week on the future home of The Quad Cities Rehabilitation Institute in Moline.
All of Illinois has fully reopened for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Illinois Department of Public Health will expand access to no-cost and low-cost COVID-19 testing to elementary schools across the state.
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With the dust barely settled on the legislative spring session, and lawmakers planning to head back to Springfield for a one-day session next week, a panel of top healthcare lobbyists previewed the health issues likely to dominate the next year.
An application has been filed with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to reopen the former Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park.
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The Affordable Care Act helped reduce Illinois’ uninsured rate, per a report released over the weekend by President Joe Biden’s administration.
Dr. Abhishek Solanki, an Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Physician Researcher, received an $8.6 million merit grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development, to study new treatments for metastatic prostate cancer, or cancer that has spread outside of the prostate.
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COVID-19 has exacerbated mental illnesses across the state, mental health leaders said late last week at a virtual event hosted by the Gateway Foundation.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 244 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the state’s total to 1,385,489.
A year after its regular spring session was upended by COVID-19, the General Assembly returned to action in Springfield this year and approved various measures that will impact the state’s healthcare system beyond the pandemic.
Conventions, sports arenas and amusement parks can operate at full capacity starting June 11 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, under guidelines released Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker.
Hospital groups applauded a provision in the state budget passed last week by lawmakers that will send millions of dollars annually to critical access hospitals.
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services has started collecting feedback on a healthcare feasibility study, which officials said late last week will help guide policymakers on how to make healthcare more affordable.
Chicago Department of Public Health officials will knock on every door in 13 communities with the city’s lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates to encourage residents to get inoculated.
With a talent shortage across various critical sectors, including the healthcare industry, Hammond-based Alverno Laboratories is finding ways to creatively attract talent.
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