The Illinois Senate has laid out the heads of its committees for the coming legislative session.
Illinois’ public health emergency will end May 11, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday.
The Illinois Health Facilities Services and Review Board approved various projects at its first meeting of 2023, including a restructuring of rehabilitation beds in the Peoria region.
Sinai Chicago is one of three initial partners of a new initiative by CVS Health to address barriers to care in underserved communities across the country, the organizations announced last week.
A new alternative 911 response team in Chicago for those with a mental health or substance use component has launched on the city’s west side, officials announced Monday.
Continued community outreach, specifically among Black and Brown communities, is crucial to addressing the rise in youth mental health challenges, advocates said Monday.
Designed to increase access to ophthalmology, allergy and urology outpatient services, Northwestern Medicine’s new three-story medical office building in Winfield Town Center opened Jan. 30, 2023. Located across the street from Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, the 51,000-square foot building has two floors of clinical space and ground-floor commercial and retail space.
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Two Illinois lawmakers joined colleagues last week in urging the Food and Drug Administration to quickly take action to reduce high levels of toxic heavy metals such as lead in baby food.
People at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 should take precautions in 20 Illinois counties, according to the most recent federal data.
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Theresa Eagleson will remain director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, while Dana Popish Severinghaus will continue to lead the Department of Insurance, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday.
An effort is underway with the goal of abolishing $1 billion of medical debt held by Cook County residents over three years.
Illinois’ two senators joined 40 colleagues Thursday on a plan to help older adults access home and community-based services, as well as increase pay and benefits for caregivers.
Advocate Health wants to build out existing space in a medical office building in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood for a $42.1 million clinic run by its medical group, according to a recent application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
The University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine said Friday it will not participate in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Medical Schools” ranking over concerns about its methodology and the impact rankings have on “ensuring equity in medical education.”
HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur said this week it plans to discontinue several services as part of a larger plan to modernize the campus.
The first round of Medicaid redeterminations in Illinois is anticipated to begin in April as the program's continuous enrollment policy comes to an end this spring, Department of Healthcare and Family Services officials said Wednesday.
