A shortage of key supplies and equipment could hamper the state’s ability to ramp up testing for COVID-19, according to Dr. Karen Kaul, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at NorthShore University HealthSystem, which is hoping to nearly triple its testing capacities within the next week.
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Illinois will delay April’s tax filing deadline by three months to provide economic relief during the new coronavirus pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday.
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Illinois will delay its tax filing deadline by three months, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday.
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Illinois’ entire congressional delegation has asked Defense Secretary Mark Esper to help states cover the cost of activating their National Guard to help respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Illinois dentists should postpone all in-person dental treatment, with exception of emergency procedures, indefinitely due to the new coronavirus pandemic, according to new guidance from the Illinois State Dental Society.
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A number of Illinois community health centers are set to receive nearly $3.7 million in federal funds to aid in their response to the new coronavirus.
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Illinois’ hospital infrastructure would have been overwhelmed within a week by COVID-19 cases if the state hadn’t taken preventive action, including issuing a stay-at-home order, Gov. JB Pritzker said during a media briefing Tuesday.
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Illinois’ hospital infrastructure would be overwhelmed within a week by COVID-19 cases if the state didn’t take preventive action, including issuing a stay-at-home order, Gov. JB Pritzker said during a media briefing Tuesday.
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On the 10th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other healthcare advocates in calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to create a national special enrollment period to allow uninsured people to sign up for health insurance plans during the new coronavirus pandemic.
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Medical Home Network’s Accountable Care Organization has partnered with ClosedLoop.ai to identify Medicaid patients who are most at risk for COVID-19.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services signed off on the state’s 1135 waiver request Monday, easing requirements for out-of-state providers, reimbursement at unlicensed facilities and prior authorization.
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The city of Chicago plans to rent thousands of hotel rooms and reopen a recently-shuttered hospital to house quarantined COVID-19 patients, officials announced Monday.
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Illinois will launch a task force aimed at bolstering the state’s supply of personal protective equipment, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Monday.
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Illinois hospitals across the state are implementing a near-total ban on visitors as COVID-19 cases tick up. Several of the new restrictions follow Gov. JB Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, which started Saturday.
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Both of Illinois’ U.S. senators voted Sunday against a new coronavirus pandemic relief bill, arguing that it did not go far enough to help healthcare workers or families who have been laid off during the crisis.
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The state is releasing nearly $1 million to critical access pharmacies, Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced Friday.
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