Nearly three dozen people sued Sterigenics this week, claiming the company exposed those living near its Willowbrook sterilization plant to cancerous chemicals.
Illinois’ flagship university will implement a complete ban of tobacco products on its campus.
A new law will require schools across the state to store glucagon to treat students with diabetes.
Just over a year after it announced an affiliation with Memorial Hospital in Carthage, UnityPoint Health said they will seek to change the relationship.
The owners of MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island plan to close the facility at the end of next month.
Blessing Health System is moving forward on its plan for a $21 million, 36,000-square foot surgery center in Quincy after a Monday public hearing on the proposal.
Advocate Aurora Health is expanding a cancer clinical trial network to Illinois after receiving a $10.17 million, six-year grant from the National Cancer Institute.
Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday that his administration will consider ways to ensure access to services that would have been covered by the federal Title X family planning program.
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in Florida and Ross University School of Medicine in Barbados will expand their clinical partnership with Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago, according to a statement last week.
Plans requiring insurance to cover hearing aid devices and maternal health programs, a restriction on what local health districts can regulate and a task force to increase protections for individuals with disabilities who are incarcerated were among those signed last week by Gov. JB Pritzker, according to a statement from his office.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is part of a coalition of attorneys general who sued the Trump administration over a proposed rule that would deny visas or permanent residency to legal immigrants if they use Medicaid or other forms of public assistance.
Illinois will soon have new license plates intended to raise awareness and funds for pediatric cancer.
Telehealth will be one of the major focuses in a $420 million expansion of the state’s broadband infrastructure.
Sinai Health System has much to celebrate as it turns 100, according to CEO Karen Teitelbaum.
Read MoreAdvocate Aurora Health, one of the 10 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, and MATTER, the premier health care incubator and innovation hub, announced today the second annual Health Tech Venture Challenge. The nationwide competition invites innovators to elevate ideas and solutions that address unmet needs in health care.
Illinois’ expansion of healthcare coverage was among the policies highlighted by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during a stop Wednesday in Springfield.
