Lightfoot unveils $16.4 billion spending plan, with focus on mental health and abortion services – Health News Illinois
More investments in mental health and abortion services are part of the $16.4 billion 2023 city budget Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled Monday.
Planned Parenthood to launch mobile abortion clinic in Illinois – Health News Illinois
Planned Parenthood said Monday it will launch its first-ever mobile abortion clinic in Illinois, with the goal to provide services to patients in neighboring states where abortion has been banned or severely restricted.
HFS releases draft of statewide transition plan for home and community-based services programs – Health News Illinois
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services released a tentative statewide transition plan last week for its home and community-based services programs.
CDC: BA.4.6 makes up 10 percent of COVID-19 cases in region that includes Illinois – Health News Illinois
The proportion of COVID-19 cases that are BA.4.6 has reached double digits in the six-state region that includes Illinois, according to federal projections updated last week.
IDPH: 493,000 new COVID-19 boosters administered – Health News Illinois
Vaccinators have administered about 493,000 doses of the new COVID-19 booster vaccines in Illinois, according to the Department of Public Health.
Howard Brown Health, nurses reach deal to avert strike – Health News Illinois
Howard Brown Health and its 30 nurses represented by the Illinois Nurses Association have reached a deal to avert a strike that was set to start Monday.
Illinois Opioid Remediation Advisory Board hosts first meeting – Health News Illinois
A state-appointed advisory board charged with making recommendations on how to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in opioid settlements met for the first time on Friday.
UIC’s Dr. Linda Forst on new center to aid health and well-being of farmworkers – Health News Illinois
The University of Illinois Chicago announced earlier this month that it will establish a federal center within its School of Public Health focused on the health and safety of farmworkers.
All Illinois counties drop below ‘high’ community level of COVID-19 – Health News Illinois
All of Illinois’ 102 counties are below the level where federal health offices urge masking in indoor public spaces due to COVID-19 trends, according to Thursday data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nurses at Howard Brown Health plan to strike next week – Health News Illinois
Thirty nurses at Chicago’s Howard Brown Health represented by the Illinois Nurses Association said Thursday they plan to strike on Monday over stalled contract negotiations.