Carle Health leaders and West Peoria stakeholders cut the ribbon Thursday on a new facility dedicated to youth behavioral health.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., this week proposed a new plan to address false and misleading prescription drug promotions by social media influencers and telehealth companies.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week called on Congress to require a surgeon general's warning on social media platforms due to youth mental health challenges.
Illinois lawmakers continued discussions this week about the role of pharmacy benefit managers, with a Wednesday hearing focused on the cost of specialty drugs.
Gov. JB Pritzker announced this week that $6 million in grants will go toward efforts to improve employment opportunities and combat homelessness.
Northwestern Medicine and the university’s Kellogg School of Management will collaborate on a new academic hub to develop the “next generation of healthcare leaders.”
A state committee signed off Tuesday on extending an emergency rule that paused enrollment for a program that provides Medicaid-like coverage to undocumented individuals.
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States that have implemented abortion restrictions are also more likely to have few policies in place to support child care and other services, according to a recent study from researchers at Northwestern University.
After over two years on the job, Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra last week laid out steps public health needs to take to address the challenges it faces.
MATTER, a Chicago-based healthcare incubator, has partnered with North Chicago’s Abbvie Foundation to launch a health equity accelerator to support initiatives to address health disparities in underserved communities.
Seven Illinois providers and universities will receive nearly $8.2 million in federal funds to support medical research, the state’s two senators said last week.
A Sangamon County Circuit Court judge last week threw out a challenge to a state statute requiring health insurance plans regulated by the Department of Insurance that cover pregnancy care to also cover abortion care.
Illinois dentists say a new law will ensure that all Illinoisans have access to care for jaw surgeries without worrying whether insurance will cover it.
Ada S. McKinley Community Services is set to launch a behavioral mental health clinic at Insight Hospital later this month.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined the call for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that set aside the Food and Drug Administration’s marketing denial orders for products offered by two businesses that make flavored liquid used in e-cigarettes.
Urbana-based Carle Health plans to open two new internal medicine clinics this month in the Illinois Valley.
