State officials joined leaders from Silver Cross Hospital and other Will County leaders last week to open a new $25 million project in Joliet that offers supportive housing for women in recovery.
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Chicago and Cook County have seen a third-straight year of decline in fatal opioid overdoses, according to a new report this week from area health officials.
Illinois is set to receive nearly $149 million as part of the national $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Friday.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said last week it has reached a tentative $773 million, multi-state settlement with grocery chain Albertsons to address its role in the opioid crisis.
An updated standing order issued Tuesday by the Department of Public Health adds public libraries to the list of sites permitted to stock and administer opioid overdose reversal agents.
