Three Republicans who represent the area around Willowbrook filed a court brief Tuesday to prevent the state from allowing Sterigenics to reopen its facility in their district.
Gov. JB Pritzker announced late Monday afternoon he had signed a handful of healthcare-related bills.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 35 attorneys general last week in urging the Food and Drug Administration to conduct more research on the risk and potential health benefits of cannabis products, including cannabidiol.
Members of a Medicaid subcommittee on opioid use withdrawals settled on a series of recommendations for improving treatment at a recent meeting.
Several Republican lawmakers said last week they will continue to do whatever possible to ensure that Sterigenics does not reopen its Willowbrook facility.
Changes to how Medicaid eligibility is handled for patients in long-term care facilities were among the bills signed last Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker.
Gov. JB Pritzker has added three members to the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, according to a Friday statement.
A partnership between OSF Healthcare and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering is receiving another $50 million to boost advancements in clinical simulations, healthcare systems and medical education.
Illinois will forgo funding from a federal family planning grant program as long as recently implemented rules that bar recipients from abortion referrals remain in place, Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday.
With a new 5,400 square-foot incubator and the near-completion of a 100,000 square-foot innovation and research park this fall, Rosalind Franklin University hopes to make itself a destination for bioscience companies, not only in Lake County but across the region.
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Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth has unveiled a plan to protect the healthcare rights of LGBTQ veterans.
The number of overdoses in Illinois appears to have fallen slightly between 2017 to 2018, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sterigenics has reached an agreement with the state of Illinois to reopen its Willowbrook facility. The facility has been shut down since spring after reports of increased levels of ethylene […]
Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers plans to merge with OSF HealthCare, the Catholic healthcare companies announced Wednesday.
Cook County Health officials broke ground Tuesday on a new $12 million health center in the northwest Chicago.
A hold on automatic Medicaid enrollments for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has been lifted, according to a recent letter from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
