Vice President Kamala Harris joined Illinois leaders on Friday to call for voters across the country to protect abortion rights in the coming election.
The federal government is providing the Illinois Primary Health Care Association nearly $3.6 million to help consumers with the upcoming Healthcare.gov open enrollment period.
The number of Illinois counties where masks are recommended in indoor public spaces due to COVID-19 trends fell on Thursday, according to data recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Illinois' uninsured rate fell to 7 percent in 2021, down 0.4 percentage points from 2019, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Thursday.
In advance of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day on Sept. 18, Illinois HIV Care Connect today introduces its HIV and Aging Campaign. Persons aged 50 and older comprise nearly half of persons living with HIV in Illinois.
Read MoreUnityPoint Health – Central Illinois is proud to announce that it has achieved the highly prestigious international Baby-Friendly designation after a rigorous review process conducted by Baby-Friendly USA.
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As of Sunday, 1,285 Illinoisans were in the hospital with COVID-19, down 15 from Saturday and up 123 from the prior week.
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said last week he will continue to defend the Affordable Care Act after a federal court in Texas struck down the law’s preventive care provisions.
The first federal center focused on the health and safety of farmworkers is set to open in Chicago within the University of Illinois Chicago’s School of Public Health.
Noting that a year has passed since a court ordered the federal government to regulate all e-cigarettes on the market, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., last week condemned officials for not taking swifter action.
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board on Tuesday shot down a change of ownership request by Advocate Aurora Health to move its 10 Illinois facilities to the new entity being created in its merger with North Carolina-based Atrium Health.
Memorial Health Association plans to discontinue obstetric services at its Carthage hospital, according to a recent application with the Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
Twelve Illinois groups are set to receive more than $19 million in federal funds to support biomedical research, the state’s two senators announced Friday.
COVID-19 therapeutic treatments have helped avert 8,600 hospitalizations in Illinois in the past four months, the Department of Public Health said Friday.
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Advocate Aurora Health recently announced a $21.1 million project to bring a 27-bed acute mental illness unit to Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest.
The number of Illinois counties where masks are recommended in indoor public spaces due to COVID-19 trends continues to decline, according to data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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