IDPH reports continued decline in RSV cases, hospitalizations
Illinois’ overall respiratory illness level is continuing to decline, the Department of Public Health said Friday.
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Feb 5, 2024 | coronavirus, Top Stories, Vaccination
Illinois’ overall respiratory illness level is continuing to decline, the Department of Public Health said Friday.
Feb 5, 2024 | Education, Health Tech, Top Stories
Rosalind Franklin University plans to use $8.1 million in state funds to help build a “virtual health system” and expand its simulation center to better train healthcare workers.
Feb 5, 2024 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan has lost its trauma center designation. The Department of Public Health confirmed that the designation was revoked Friday “due to (the hospital’s) absence of […]
Feb 2, 2024 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories
OSF HealthCare plans to reopen the former St. Margaret’s Health hospital in Peru this April, returning health services to a region that saw two hospital closures in 2023.
Feb 2, 2024 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago said Thursday night it is working with law enforcement agencies and other experts in response to a cybersecurity matter.
Feb 2, 2024 | Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories
Illinois will receive more than $11.4 million from a $350 million national settlement that resolves investigations into a global marketing firm’s role in the opioid crisis, one of two settlements announced Thursday by Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Feb 1, 2024 | Abortion, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined nearly two dozen colleagues Wednesday to reiterate a call to the U.S. Supreme Court to protect access to medication abortion.
Feb 1, 2024 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Advocate Health has filed a plan with state regulators to build a nearly $54.7 million medical office building in Westmont.
Feb 1, 2024 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is resuming copays and coinsurance for undocumented individuals in a program that provides Medicaid-like coverage.
Jan 31, 2024 | Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Top Stories
Northwestern Settlement last week officially opened a new health center on Chicago’s northwest side.
Jan 31, 2024 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital plans to discontinue its six-bed obstetrics unit, according to a recent application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board. The hospital in Sandwich […]
Jan 31, 2024 | Top Stories
A $30 million program launched this week by Cook County officials aims to make residents healthier in their homes.
Jan 30, 2024 | Press Releases
The MolinaCares Accord (“MolinaCares”), in collaboration with Molina Healthcare of Illinois (“Molina”), is launching the MolinaCares Illinois Health Equity Initiative, investing an initial $1 million in a community-based strategy to improve equity and health outcomes for underserved Illinoisans.
Read MoreJan 30, 2024 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Nearly 1,300 resident physicians and fellows training at Northwestern Medicine hospitals and clinics have voted in favor of joining the Committee of Interns and Residents union.
Jan 30, 2024 | Hospitals, Top Stories
OSF HealthCare said Monday it will reopen the former St. Margaret’s Health hospital in Peru this April.
Jan 30, 2024 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Union nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph – Joliet said Monday they plan to strike next month at the hospital — which would be the third strike at the facility in six months.