Roughly 720 nurses at AMITA Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet have agreed to a new three-year contract, ending a strike that began over two weeks ago.
There were 955 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Tuesday, bringing the state’s total number to 163,703 confirmed cases.
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Nearly 186,000 Illinoisans lost their employer-sponsored health insurance between February and May of this year as COVID-19 cases mounted across the state, estimates the advocacy group Families USA.
Sixty Illinois hospitals in high-impact COVID-19 areas are set to get $740 million in federal relief funds, the Department of Health and Human Services recently announced.
The Department of Public Health reported another 1,173 COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the state’s total to 162,748. The death toll is at 7,301 after six more deaths.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is closing indoor bars and retightening other restrictions, as COVID-19 cases start to tick back up in the city.
There were 1,257 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Thursday, bringing the state’s total number to 157,950 confirmed cases.
There were 1,187 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Wednesday, bringing the state’s total number to 156,693 confirmed cases.
The Illinois Department of Insurance has issued over $2 million in fines to insurance companies that violated a federal law mandating equivalent levels of coverage for mental health and substance use disorders care as for medical and surgical care.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday the city is on the precipice of going backward in its COVID-19 response, which may lead to a rollback of its reopening.
Illinois will now be broken up into 11 regions as part of the state’s reopening plan, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday.
There were 707 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois on Tuesday, bringing the state’s total number to 155,506 confirmed cases.
Travelers from Iowa and Oklahoma will now be directed to self-quarantine upon arriving in Chicago, the city announced Tuesday.
Illinois will receive $5.38 million from a $117 million settlement with Universal Health Services.
Cook County is on track to double its opioid-related deaths from last year, officials announced Tuesday.
Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday he and health officials continue to monitor Illinois’ COVID-19 metrics, though he gave little clarity when asked what would have to happen before the state reintroduces restrictions.
