Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is urging Danville leaders to reject an ordinance that would restrict access to abortion services.
Illinois will not see a "coverage cliff" as Medicaid redeterminations begin due to efforts to thoroughly handle the process over the coming year, Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday.
Federal health officials recommend those at risk of severe illness from COVID-19 take precautions in four Illinois counties, up two counties from the prior week.
Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth last week introduced legislation aiming to protect access to in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technology across the country.
A House committee signed off last week on a proposal to implement recommendations made earlier this year in the children’s behavioral health blueprint laid out by Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration.
Officials at HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield on Thursday christened its recently completed $17.2 million intensive care unit expansion and renovation.
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Caregivers represented by the AFSCME Council 31 renewed calls this week to raise wages for direct support professionals who work with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson on Thursday announced the heads of his transition committee, including a subcommittee to oversee health and human services.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law Thursday a plan that codifies certain executive orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic for individuals entering the healthcare workforce.
Illinois lawmakers are close to adding e-cigarettes to an existing state law that prohibits smoking in nearly all indoor public places.
Gov. JB Pritzker told reporters Wednesday that he supports a legislative effort to regulate pregnancy crisis centers, a proposal that has drawn legal threats from an anti-abortion group.
Just over half of Medicaid enrollees with redetermination dates through the end of June are eligible for automatic renewal, a top official from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services said Wednesday.
Over $860,000 in federal funds will head to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital in Chicago to support its neonatal intensive care unit, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., announced this week.
A proposal to prevent any limited services pregnancy center from engaging in “unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices” is one step away from Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk.
A wide range of stakeholders — including organizations representing those who provide long-term care, mental healthcare and services for those with disabilities — made their case Tuesday to lawmakers for additional funding in the state's next budget, which the Legislature plans to take up next month.
The state’s Medicaid managed care rolls saw continued growth in February, according to recent data from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
