The University of Illinois Chicago is receiving $3.3 million to study the burden of tobacco use and ways to improve smoking cessation interventions for populations with high smoking rates, officials announced last week.
A Cook County physician and his niece have been charged with allegedly defrauding the state out of more than $1.2 million in Medicaid funds, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Monday.
A slight downward trend in COVID-19 cases and the state's positivity rate offer a “glimmer of hope," Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday. But he cautioned that the state is far from out of the woods, and warned that Thanksgiving gatherings could lead to a spike in new cases.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 8,322 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total to 664,620.
Moms who work at HSHS Illinois hospitals are launching a grassroots #MaskedMoms effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Gov. JB Pritzker has reissued several executive orders related to how healthcare is delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two of the state’s leading healthcare groups joined several of the top business groups to urge Illinoisans to do their best to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 during the holidays.
Walmart has opened two new healthcare clinics in Chicago, the company announced last week.
Union workers at 11 Infinity Health Care Management nursing homes in the Chicagoland area walked off the job Monday after the two sides failed to come to an agreement, SEIU Healthcare Illinois announced Monday morning.
Nearly 400,000 initial doses of COVID-19 vaccines could be coming the state's way, Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Friday.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 13,012 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total to 634,395.
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As COVID-19 surges across the state, local health department leaders outlined the challenges they face fighting the pandemic at a virtual event hosted this week by Health News Illinois. They […]
Illinois will release $60 million to support organizations outside the Chicago region with COVID-19-related services, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 168 deaths related to COVID-19 on Thursday, the third-highest number of daily deaths since the pandemic started.
Read MoreOSF HealthCare is joining 100 of the nation’s top health care systems, representing thousands of hospitals in communities across the U.S. with an urgent plea for all Americans to mask up, because wearing a face mask is our best chance at slowing the surging COVID-19 pandemic.
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Southern Illinois Healthcare and Harrisburg Medical Center have signed a letter of intent to formally consider merging the two organizations, the groups announced this week.
