Illinois falls in the middle of the pack when it comes to state rates of adult obesity, according to a recent report.
MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island will stay open for another month after the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board voted Tuesday to defer action on an application to close the 314-bed facility.
Comer Education Campus debuted its new soccer mini-pitch on September 13th. The mini-pitch is the first open play soccer field at a Chicago charter school. The pitch was created by Medical Home Network and the U.S. Soccer Foundation as part of the Foundation’s It’s Everyone’s Game movement, which aims to build 1,000 safe places to play and reach one million participants in its Soccer for Success program by 2026.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded two Illinois organizations a total of nearly $369,000 to help people enroll in the Affordable Care Act exchanges.
The health of Illinois women, infants and children remains on par with the rest of the nation, according to a new report from the United Health Foundation.
Illinois insurers are set to pay an estimated $19.6 million in rebates to consumers this year, according to recent data crunched by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday the city will take steps to ban flavored e-cigarette products. While the federal government has already announced plans to ban all non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettes […]
Regina Peterson, DNP, RN of Mascoutah, IL, has been named the Chief Nursing Officer for HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital by hospital President and CEO Patti Fischer. She will assume the leadership role effective immediately
The University of Illinois at Chicago has opened three healthcare simulation centers to provide students and healthcare professionals a chance to practice clinical and decision-making skills and receive hands-on training in medical diagnosis, treatment and care.
The number of Illinoisans without health insurance inched up 0.2 percent last year to 7 percent of the state's population, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has unveiled a plan to phase out ethylene oxide emissions in certain parts of Illinois within the next six years.
Maternal health took center stage in Springfield this past session. Gov. JB Pritzker signed several bills aimed at turning the tide on the number of preventable pregnancy-related deaths, especially among African-American women. Rep. Mary Flowers, D-Chicago, was behind many of the measures.
Illinois State University’s Mennonite College of Nursing has received $2.8 million from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.
Former employees at Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park have sued its parent company, Pipeline Health, over claims it violated U.S. labor laws in its efforts to close the facility.
The Inner-City Muslim Action Network Community Health Center in Chicago will expand its services after receiving a $650,000 award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Wednesday he supports a Trump administration plan that would ban all non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettes from the market.
