Cook County receives $2.6 million to establish ‘bridge clinic’ on Chicago’s west side – Health News Illinois
As Cook County expects to set another record for opioid-related deaths, its leaders on Tuesday celebrated new federal funding intended to increase access to medication-assisted treatment.
Chicago continues seeing positive COVID-19 trends – Health News Illinois
Chicago’s COVID-19 metrics have continued their decline, though the city’s top doctor again warned Tuesday that hospitalizations remain a concern.
Durbin urges Illinois healthcare providers to promote federal relief funds for healthcare workers – Health News Illinois
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is calling on the state’s healthcare providers to promote federal scholarship and loan repayment funding for healthcare workers.
Medicaid rolls increase in November – Health News Illinois
The state’s Medicaid managed care rolls grew in November, according to new data from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
Pritzker, stakeholders reach agreement on COVID-19 sick leave for vaccinated school staff – Health News Illinois
Stakeholders announced an agreement Monday to allow fully vaccinated school teachers to receive paid sick leave. The initiative, reached between Gov. JB Pritzker, the Illinois Education Association, the Illinois Federation of Teachers and other stakeholders, will cover fully vaccinated educators, school employees and their families, allowing them to receive paid sick leave if they or […]
Illinois-based COVID-19 testing chain will not reopen state centers for ‘foreseeable future’ – Health News Illinois
A Rolling Meadows-based COVID-19 testing company that has drawn national scrutiny will not reopen its Illinois sites for the foreseeable future, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced last week.
Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations continue decline from pandemic high – Health News Illinois
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois are continuing their decline from pandemic highs earlier this month, according to new data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. As of Thursday, 6,054 Illinoisans were in the hospital with COVID-19, down 204 from Wednesday and down 1,266 from the prior week. Of the patients in the hospital, 972 were […]
Planned Parenthood launches logistics center in Metro East – Health News Illinois
Illinois officials joined Planned Parenthood Friday to formally launch a new logistics center in Metro East to help out-of-state women access abortion services.
Rush CEO Dr. Omar Lateef on the impact of the omicron-fueled COVID-19 surge on Chicago – Health News Illinois
After the worst COVID-19 spike of the entire pandemic, Rush University Medical Center CEO Dr. Omar Lateef said this week they are starting to see positive signs that the region is past the peak of the omicron-fueled surge. “Our numbers are starting to decline,” he told Health News Illinois. “We are getting less admission through […]
Discussions continue on community safety-net hospital designation – Health News Illinois
The chair of a Medicaid Advisory Committee subcommittee looking to better define a subset of safety-net hospitals that serve Illinois’ most-challenged communities said they will continue their work into next month.