Illinois Democratic U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth said last week that Medicare’s first drug price negotiations will be “monumental” for hundreds of thousands of patients in the state.
Union nurses at UI Health went forward Monday with their one-week strike, despite a temporary restraining order last week that will prevent some members from taking part.
Planned Parenthood said they will offer free vasectomies, medication abortion and emergency contraception just outside the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a trio of bills Wednesday to strengthen access to reproductive healthcare, as well as protect individuals who provide and receive such services.
Cook County Health said Wednesday it plans to open a new medical center in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood by early next year.
Medica Central Health Plan is departing Illinois’ individual health insurance market next year.
Homeless persons have a reduced life expectancy of roughly 20 years, according to a report released Tuesday by the Department of Public Health and the University of Illinois Chicago’s School of Public Health.
Illinois abortion providers said they anticipate another rush of patients after an Iowa law went into effect this week that bans the procedure after six weeks.
Vista Health System has closed its freestanding emergency center in Lindenhurst.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago said Monday it will use nearly $1 million from Cook County Health to expand a program aimed at boosting access for pediatric mental health in under-resourced neighborhoods in Chicago.
The Chicago Department of Public Health will partner with the West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force over the next 10 weeks to share resources with the communities most impacted by opioid-related overdoses in recent years.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the city’s Department of Public Health launched a new initiative Tuesday evening aimed at addressing youth violence.
Planned Parenthood Great Rivers said this week it will expand the availability of medication abortion to patients 12 weeks into their pregnancy.
Premier Cardiac Surgery Center is planning a nearly $4.8 million modernization at its Merrionette Park facility.
Gov. JB Pritzker praised the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday for tossing out a challenge to federal rules for prescribing and dispensing abortion pills, calling it a “small victory” in the fight for reproductive health.
Ascension has no evidence those behind a recent ransomware attack took data from its electronic health records and other clinical systems, but the attackers did take files from a “small number of file servers” that may have patient data, a spokesperson said this week.
