An initiative to boost the health and economic prosperity of 18 south and west side Chicago neighborhoods made significant progress in hiring area residents, according to a recent report.
The life expectancy for Chicagoans dropped nearly two years from 2019 to 2020, according to data released Monday by the city’s Department of Public Health.
Eight Democratic members of Illinois’ congressional delegation joined 76 other colleagues last week to urge leadership to prioritize maternal health in a future spending bill.
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Schaumburg, joined Cook County leaders last week to highlight a new law intended to provide mental health resources to healthcare workers.
The Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday it has started to reach out to more than 2.5 million Illinoisans who are due for a COVID-19 vaccine or booster dose.
Read More
Launched in 2021, the Illinois Contraceptive Access Now, or ICAN!, is a startup that aims to increase access to reproductive health services in the state.
Read More
As of Wednesday, 578 Illinoisans were in the hospital with COVID-19, up 10 from Tuesday and up 82 from the prior week.
Read More
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services said Thursday that it continues to prepare for redeterminations to start up again at the end of the federal public health emergency.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,931 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day total in over two months.
Read More
Four Illinois Democratic Congress members joined 70 of their colleagues this week to urge leadership to take up plans to lower out-of-pocket health premium costs and extend Medicaid coverage in certain states in a future spending bill.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure joined Illinois stakeholders Wednesday to outline the need to further improve safety and quality of care in nursing homes.
Vaccinated children and teens saw a reduced risk of severe illness during the recent omicron-fueled COVID-19 surge, according to a recent study that includes data from Illinoisans.
Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday that masks are no longer required on public transit or at transit hubs and airports in Illinois.
Read More
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a roughly $46 billion spending plan Tuesday morning, providing hundreds of millions of federal COVID-19 relief funds toward healthcare measures.
Read More
Illinois’ COVID-19 metrics continue their recent increase, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Read More
Six rural Illinois healthcare organizations are set to receive nearly $3.2 million in federal funds to support health services.
