Dr. Ngozi Ezike will step down as director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday.
The Aspen Group plans to open a 25,000 square-foot facility on Chicago's west side this summer.
The chair of a Medicaid Advisory Committee subcommittee looking to better define a subset of safety-net hospitals that serve Illinois’ most-challenged communities said they must have recommendations ready this month.
Illinoisans hospitalized with COVID-19 have dropped below 1,000 for the first time since last summer.
Read MoreNorthShore University HealthSystem, including Swedish Hospital and Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH), today announced it has awarded $2.6 million to be distributed to seven organizations across Lake and Cook Counties through its Community Investment Fund.
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, said Friday she will isolate after testing positive for COVID-19.
Lawmakers are considering a plan this spring to expand mental health days for Illinois educators.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Friday that Illinois and local governments will start seeing money in the second quarter of this year from a $26 billion opioid agreement with three major pharmaceutical distributors and Johnson & Johnson.
Gov. JB Pritzker said late last week that Illinois schools may join the rest of the state in lifting their mask mandates on Monday.
As of Wednesday, 1,183 Illinoisans were in the hospital with COVID-19, down 49 from Tuesday and down 428 from the prior week.
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Illinois and the city of Chicago are set to lift most COVID-19 mitigations on Monday.
The House signed off this week on a uniform statewide drug take-back program funded and operated by drug manufacturers.
The Illinois Senate approved several healthcare-related proposals this week, including some related to addressing workforce challenges.
One of the General Assembly’s lead budgeteers said Thursday they continue to look at ways to spend the roughly $3.5 billion the state has left in federal COVID-19 relief dollars.
More survivors and first responders could receive mental health support after natural disasters, under a bill spearheaded by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
A pair of long-term care hospitals in Illinois are seeking to expand their physical rehabilitation services.
