Chicago-area nursing homes fined for ‘severe’ violations that led to patient deaths, Illinois health department says
The Illinois Department of Public Health has doled out tens of thousands of dollars in...
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PNW summer seminar helps students become better doctors
Ernest Talarico Jr.'s summer seminar at Purdue University Northwest helps medical students become better doctors...
Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the...
ComEd’s $10M relief fund running out after 60,000 customers apply in first week
Nearly 60,000 customers have submitted applications since ComEd opened the window last week for the...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setback
The administration’s embrace of psychedelics has sparked both excitement as well as concern from those...
Northwestern Medicine research finding opens the door to a viral link to Parkinson’s disease
The usually harmless Human Pegivirus has been found in brain samples from Parkinson’s patients. Researchers...
Aurora finds high lead levels in drinking water of some homes
Tap water at over 10% of tested Aurora homes was found to have high levels...
Rush health system scaling back gender-affirming care for minors
Rush University System for Health is latest Chicago area health system to scale back gender-affirming...
Chicago’s safety net hospitals face potential service cuts, layoffs after signing of ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill
Illinois stands to lose about $48 billion in federal funding for Medicaid over 10 years,...
Amid national measles spike, Illinois health officials say small outbreak quickly quashed
As national cases soar and federal leadership engages in vaccine skepticism, Illinois has so far...