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IDPH launches dashboard to help schools monitor measles outbreaks

by Ryan Voyles | Apr 10, 2025 | Public Health, Top Stories | 0

The Department of Public Health has launched a new dashboard to help school officials and members of the public assess the potential severity of a measles outbreak.

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House approves regulations of AI use by insurance coverage, other bills

by Ryan Voyles | Apr 10, 2025 | Insurance, Legislature, Top Stories | 0

The Illinois House approved a bevy of healthcare bills Wednesday, including one regulating how health insurers use artificial intelligence to decide coverage and whether to deny care.

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Senate committee forwards plan to allow medical aid in dying

by Ryan Voyles | Apr 10, 2025 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0

A Senate committee approved a bill Wednesday to allow Illinois adults near death to medically end their own lives.

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Advocates push nursing homes to improve staffing

by Ryan Voyles | Apr 9, 2025 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0

Union nurses and other advocates took to Springfield Tuesday to urge the nursing home industry to do more to improve staffing.

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JCAR hears plan to close Medicaid-like program for certain undocumented adults

by Ryan Voyles | Apr 9, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services on Tuesday presented its plan to end a Medicaid-like program that provides health benefits for undocumented individuals between 42 and 64 years old.

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