University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign officials said they plan to widely expand access to their potentially “game-changing” COVID-19 saliva test after it received federal approval on Wednesday.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a spotlight on the importance of data collection to better address healthcare outcomes, a trio of health officials said last week.
BJC HealthCare will look to consolidate its obstetric services at two Metro East hospitals, according to a recent application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
Chicago’s top health official said Tuesday the city remains in a “holding pattern” in its response to the COVID-19.
There were 1,740 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Tuesday, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 209,594.
U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, is proposing a $560 million public health campaign aimed at boosting vaccination rates that have fallen to "dangerous" levels in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michigan-based Beaumont Health’s board of trustees will delay its vote on a potential merger with Advocate Aurora Health to address concerns raised by its physicians.
Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday the entire St. Louis region must come together to address its rising COVID-19 metrics.
There were 1,773 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Monday, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 207,854.
Illinois has had at least 20 children diagnosed with a rare but severe illness linked to COVID-19, according to a report last week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were 136 COVID-19 deaths linked to Illinois long-term care facilities last week, a five-fold increase from the prior week.
Fourteen Illinois counties have now reached a “warning” level for COVID-19.
Gov. JB Pritzker said Sunday he's clamping back down on Metro East bars, restaurants and other businesses after the seven-county region posted COVID-19 positivity rates of at least 8 percent on three straight days.
There were 2,264 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Friday, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 202,691.
The University of Chicago announced last week it will host a new medical imaging center to curate a database of thousands of medical images to better help researchers around the world tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The state’s Medicaid managed care rolls grew by roughly 145,000 in June.
