Senate committee approves plan to expand fentanyl education in schools
Illinois middle schoolers would be required to learn about the dangers of fentanyl under a plan approved Tuesday by a Senate committee.
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May 8, 2024 | Legislature, Top Stories
Illinois middle schoolers would be required to learn about the dangers of fentanyl under a plan approved Tuesday by a Senate committee.
Apr 16, 2024 | Top Stories
Gov. JB Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle are hopeful the Chicago City Council will approve Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $70 million request to help support asylum seekers.
Apr 16, 2024 | Hospitals, Top Stories
OSF HealthCare is seeking state approval for a nearly $138 million project to transform its operations in the Illinois Valley region.
Apr 16, 2024 | Legislature, Top Stories
Advocates joined Gov. JB Pritzker Monday to call on lawmakers to approve a $10 million investment in the upcoming budget to help eliminate medical debt for 340,000 low-income Illinoisans.
Apr 10, 2024 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Rolla Sweis is the new CEO of La Rabida Children’s Hospital.
Apr 10, 2024 | Top Stories
Gov. JB Pritzker announced a new round of grants for grocery stores that open in food deserts. The program is part of a $20 million initiative Pritzker signed into law in August aimed at addressing food deserts and curbing grocery store closures.
Apr 10, 2024 | Legislature, Top Stories
Sen. Julie Morrison, D-Lake Forest, wants to boost access to genetic cancer screenings.
Apr 9, 2024 | Top Stories
Gov. JB Pritzker tapped Sen. Ann Gillespie, D-Arlington Heights, to lead his insurance department. She’s replacing Dana Popish Severinghaus, whose last day is April 15.
Apr 9, 2024 | Top Stories
More than half of the country’s 113 measles cases so far this year are from Chicago. That’s according to a recent update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Apr 9, 2024 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
The state’s Medicaid managed care rolls dropped by nearly 1 percent in January, according to recent data from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
Apr 9, 2024 | Top Stories
Dr. Piyush Vyas, a Chicago-based radiologist, is the new president of the Illinois State Medical Society. He’s been an attending physician at Lovell Federal Health Care Center since 2004, where he served as chief of radiology and nuclear medicine until 2018.
Apr 8, 2024 | Top Stories
Free and charitable clinics in Illinois are pressing lawmakers to allocate $9 million in state funding next year, which they say will help keep up with an increased demand in services driven by the return of Medicaid redeterminations and the influx of migrants to the state.
Apr 8, 2024 | Top Stories
Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra made the case for his agency’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year during a recent public hearing.
Apr 8, 2024 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Hospitals are condemning a recent report that found 86 percent of the 109 Illinois nonprofit hospitals included in its analysis spent less on financial assistance and community investment than the estimated value of their tax breaks.
Apr 5, 2024 | Top Stories
OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford recently became the system’s second hospital to offer acute care at home.
Apr 5, 2024 | Top Stories
More children with severe mental health conditions came to pediatric emergency departments and required psychiatric admission during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.