The AIDS Foundation Chicago announced a three-year plan this week aimed at achieving racial equity as it works to assist homeless and HIV communities.
A federal grand jury has charged a Rochester dentist with nearly two dozen counts of drug diversion and tampering, alleging he only gave patients half-strength doses of anesthesia while pocketing the other half for “personal use.”
A Senate committee approved a plan Tuesday evening its sponsor said will take several steps to address the behavioral health workforce crisis.
Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to announce Wednesday a plan to begin lifting the indoor mask mandate in most public places, according to multiple reports.
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Nursing home groups have concerns over a new executive order issued last Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker requiring eligible workers at the state’s long-term care facilities to receive COVID-19 booster doses by next month.
From Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposed budget to a series of legislative measures, addressing healthcare workforce shortages is likely to be a key focus of policymakers this session, lawmakers said Monday at a Health News Illinois virtual event.
Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday that a Sangamon County judge’s ruling regarding masking and vaccination in Illinois schools is cultivating "chaos” across the state, adding his administration will work as fast as possible to appeal the ruling.
Throughout the end of 2021, Medline donated and shipped about $1.2 million worth of hand sanitizing products to various community and non-profit organizations across the nation in effort to help minimize the spread of infection.
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, joined colleagues this week on a plan to prohibit providers from denying an individual from receiving or donating an organ solely based on their COVID-19 vaccination status.
Illinois will receive $760 million as part of a $26 billion national settlement with drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and three companies that distributed opioid painkillers, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Thursday.
A House committee signed off on a plan this week to require emergency medical services personnel to complete training for Alzheimer’s or other dementias.
The Illinois Department of Public Health said this week it’s working with providers to begin vaccinating children younger than 5 upon federal approval.
The recent omicron-fueled spike in COVID-19 cases, as well as seasonal colds and flu, have taken a toll on Illinois’ blood supply.
There were 3,645 Illinoisans in the hospital on Tuesday with COVID-19, down 160 from Monday and down 1,374 from the prior week.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot signed an executive order Wednesday creating the city’s first food equity council, a collaborative effort aimed at transforming the city’s food system and addressing a key social determinant of health.
The University of Chicago Medicine has filed a certificate of need request with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to build a $633 million, 500,000-square-foot, freestanding cancer center on Chicago’s south side.
