Planned Parenthood unveils expanded Champaign center for abortion services
Planned Parenthood of Illinois on Tuesday unveiled its expanded Champaign Health Center, part of an effort to respond to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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IDPH to provide $12 million in grants for lead abatement
The Department of Public Health said Tuesday that it's making $12 million in grants available to local municipalities and community organizations to support lead abatement and mitigation projects.
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COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations rising in Illinois
As of Monday, 1,135 Illinoisans were in the hospital with COVID-19, up 51 from Sunday and up 162 from the prior week.
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Medline awards 11 community impact grants
Medline has awarded 11 grants to nonprofit organizations providing housing, meals, prison healthcare monitoring, education, job training, breast cancer support, and other programs addressing the barriers to optimal healthcare. These grants are administered through the company’s Community Impact Grant program, which seeks to improve community health by addressing social determinants of health.
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State investigates COVID-19 outbreak at LaSalle Veterans’ Home
More than 60 residents and staff at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home have tested positive for COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs said Monday.
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Report: More than a third of Illinois counties considered maternity care deserts
More than one-third of Illinois’ 102 counties are considered maternity care deserts, according to a recent report from the March of Dimes.
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CDC: BA.5 declines as BQ.1, BQ.1.1 rise
The proportion of COVID-19 cases made up by BA.5 continues to fall in the six-state region that includes Illinois, as percentages of cases related to the emerging BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 strains rise.
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Acadia Healthcare seeks new approval for $34 million renovation of former Chicago Lakeshore hospital
Acadia Healthcare is seeking new approval from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board on its plan to renovate the former Chicago Lakeshore Hospital into a 101-bed behavioral health hospital.
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Illinois surpasses 1 million bivalent COVID-19 boosters administered
More than 1.1 million of the new bivalent COVID-19 boosters have been administered in Illinois since they were approved in early September, the Department of Public Health announced Friday.
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CDPH reports two death from monkeypox
Two Chicagoans have died from monkeypox, the city’s Department of Public Health said Friday.
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago CEO Peller weighs in on latest AIDS/HIV report, effort to reduce transmission by 2030
The Chicago Department of Public Health recently released a report that showed the number of new cases of AIDS and HIV in 2020 were the lowest since the 1980s.
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Three counties at ‘high’ community risk of COVID-19
Three Illinois counties are at the level where federal health officials urge masking in indoor public spaces due to COVID-19 trends, according to Thursday data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Medicaid rolls see growth in August
The state’s Medicaid managed care rolls grew in August, according to recent data from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
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Northwestern receives $100 million to expand biomedical research, executive education program
Northwestern University announced this week it received a $121 million gift, with $100 million of it heading for a new biomedical research building and additional medical research at its Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Advocate Aurora Health reports data breach that may affect as many as 3 million individuals
As many as 3 million individuals may have had their information exposed during a recent data breach at Advocate Aurora Health.
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Durbin, Underwood call on CMS to address rising rates of substance abuse among seniors
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, on Wednesday called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to address the rising rates of substance use disorders among Illinois seniors.
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