U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, joined colleagues last week to ease access to contraceptive products, specifically those sold over-the-counter.
Gov. JB Pritzker is asking the Food and Drug Administration for more information on how it's responding to a national shortage of chemotherapy medications.
Several months after becoming president of OSF Health of Mary Medical Center in Urbana earlier this year, J.T. Barnhart says he sees plenty of opportunities for growth in the region.
Rep. Danny Davis, D-Chicago, is reintroducing in the House a bipartisan bill that aims to increase support for children and adults exposed to trauma.
A regional office of the National Labor Relations Board said this week it has found merit to allegations that Chicago's Howard Brown Health engaged in unfair labor practices when it moved to lay off dozens of workers earlier this year.
Nearly 200 workers at Loretto Hospital in Chicago delivered a 10-day strike notice on Wednesday over what they say are low wages and unsafe staffing conditions.
Innovia Surgery Center in Wood Dale plans to add general dentistry to its services, according to a recent application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
The Chicago City Council signed off Wednesday on the $2.9 million purchase of the former Diplomat Hotel in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, with the goal to turn it into a pilot program site that provides behavioral health and housing support for those experiencing homelessness.
A state agency will start from scratch on rules that dictate licensure for midwives operating in Illinois to address stakeholders' concerns.
A program offering Medicaid-like coverage for certain undocumented individuals could run over budget as early as November without changes, representatives of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services said Tuesday. […]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., has proposed a plan that aims to help the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps recruit, retain and mobilize members to better respond to national and global public health crises.
The Department of Public Health recently adopted emergency amendments to extend a program that allows certain hospitals to provide limited inpatient services directly in a patient’s home through the end of 2024.
Black residents of highly segregated neighborhoods have much shorter life spans, per a report released late last week by Northwestern Medicine.
OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac is set to discontinue its OB-GYN unit, according to a recent application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
The Illinois Housing Development Authority will make $75 million in state and federal funds available for "innovative healthcare partnerships" that address health disparities and housing for people with disabilities as well as those suffering chronic homelessness.
The Commonwealth Fund said last week it will provide funding to Rush University System for Health and the University of Chicago Medicine to expand a reporting tool that helps hospitals better define and accelerate their health equity efforts.
