The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board is tentatively set to vote in November on the proposed closure of Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago.
There were 1,392 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Tuesday, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 252,353.
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A deficiency of vitamin D could increase the likelihood of becoming infected with COVID-19, according to a new report from the University of Chicago Medicine.
Illinois will receive nearly $37 million in federal funding to help fight the opioid epidemic, Gov. JB Pritzker announced last week.
Twenty-nine Illinois counties have now reached a “warning” level for COVID-19, a decrease of one from the prior week.
Illinois has now surpassed 250,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
There were 5,368 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois announced Friday, which the Illinois Department of Public Health said is due to a slowdown in data processing this week that affected the reporting of tests.
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The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus this week rolled out the “four pillars” of their agenda for the fall veto session, with healthcare and human services being one of the focuses.
Democratic members of Illinois’ congressional delegation have called on the state’s insurers to provide immediate financial relief to individuals, families and small businesses.
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Both Illinois senators and all but one of Illinois’ 18 congressional members are calling on the federal government to provide resources to expand the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's COVID-19 saliva-based testing and tracing initiative.
AMITA Health is among the first healthcare providers in the Chicagoland area to bring a surgical alternative to medication for stroke reduction in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation with the WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) device.
There were 1,360 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Thursday, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 240,003.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused insurers and providers to reconsider how they deliver care to patients, a panel of experts said this week.
Forty-four community health centers are receiving more than $11 million in federal aid.
Nearly every region in Illinois is heading in the wrong direction in its fight against COVID-19, Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday.
There were 2,128 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Wednesday, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 238,643.
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