Roughly 82 percent of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 experience neurological symptoms throughout the disease, according to a study released Monday by Northwestern Medicine.
Edward-Elmhurst Health has formed a new orthopedic practice within Edward-Elmhurst Medical Groups that includes nine providers with expertise in orthopedic surgery, sports medicine and podiatry.
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There were 1,853 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Monday, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 303,394.
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Work is underway to complete a healthcare affordability study due to lawmakers early next year, officials said last week.
Twenty-eight Illinois counties have now reached a “warning” level for COVID-19, an increase of eleven from the prior week.
Illinois has surpassed 300,000 total COVID-19 cases, with 3,895 new cases reported over the weekend.
Illinois on Friday reported its highest single-day number of deaths in over three months.
It’s been nine months since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Illinois. And while drugmakers race towards the finish line with unprecedented speed, a widespread vaccine is unlikely in the near future.
Robust testing and embracing technology to aid contact tracing efforts have bolstered the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s plan to resume classes this fall amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, a top official said this week.
Union nurses at the University of Illinois Hospital voted overwhelmingly this week to approve a new four-year contract with the health system, the union announced Thursday.
Advocate Aurora Health and Michigan-based Beaumont Health said Friday that they are ending partnership discussions.
There were 2,166 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Thursday, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 295,440.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Wednesday the state will receive more than $1.7 million as part of a multi-state settlement with Anthem stemming from a 2014 data breach that involved the personal information of more than 1.7 million Illinoisans.
COVID-19 metrics in Illinois remain relatively positive, though officials raised concerns Wednesday on several regions of the state.
A coalition of Illinois healthcare providers, professionals and patient advocates are calling on the General Assembly to approve measures to protect expanded telehealth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
There were 2,273 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Wednesday, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 293,274.
