Biden: US to make 1 billion at-home COVID-19 tests free for Americans
President Joe Biden directed his team to double its procurement of at-home COVID-19 tests to be delivered for free to Americans, along with N95 masks.
Illinois COVID-19 hospitalization record ‘smashed’, Pritzker says help on the way
“This is the absolute highest number and not just by a couple. Our previous totals have been smashed,” said Dr. Ngozi Ezike.
Chicago-area healthcare workers plead for relief as COVID cases flood hospitals
Healthcare workers have been at the front lines of this pandemic since the beginning, but many of them are not being treated like the heroes they are.
COVID vaccine mandate: Supreme Court weighs rules for businesses, health care
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about the vaccine-or-testing requirement for large employers and a separate mandate for health care workers.
Coverage expands for fertility treatments in Illinois
State Rep. Margaret Croke (D-12th) talks about her efforts to expand insurance coverage for fertility treatments in Illinois.
Record number of COVID-19 patients fill Illinois hospital beds: 'More challenging by the day'
Illinois hospital beds are filling up with more COVID-19 patients than at any other point in the pandemic — prompting fears of employee burnout amid staffing shortages.
No Surprise Act: New law preventing unexpected medical bills takes effect Jan. 1
Patients will no longer have to worry about getting a huge bill following a medical crisis if the closest hospital emergency room happened to have been outside their insurance plan’s provider network.
Pandemic sheds light on disparities in health care for minorities
Jennifer Jones-McMeans from Abbott stresses the importance of improving health care for minorities on a national scale.
Tips for preventing heart attacks over the holidays
Dr. Bryan Smith from UChicago Medicine dishes out tips for keeping your heart healthy and active during the holiday season when heart attacks are most common.
Biden: Prescription drugs ‘outrageously expensive’ in US, calls on Senate to act
President Joe Biden pushed his “Build Back Better” agenda, focusing on how provisions of the spending bill would lower the cost of prescription drugs for many.
Judge allows NorthShore University HealthSystem to fire unvaccinated employees
A judge will allow NorthShore University HealthSystem to fire employees who refuse a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Pfizer signs deal to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill
Pfizer has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill in an effort to expand access.
Regeneron says single dose of antibody treatment cut COVID-19 risk by 81%
Regeneron said Monday that its monoclonal antibody treatment was shown to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 by 81.6% for up to eight months.
Illinois COVID-related hospitalizations dip to 3-month low
Sixty-four percent of eligible Illinois residents are now fully vaccinated.
Guidance shifting around 'aspirin a day' for heart attack prevention
Dr. Daniel Luger, director at the Rush Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, talks about the medical community's findings on the long-held guidance of taking an aspirin a day to combat the risk of heart disease.
Illinois nurse practitioner calls vaccine mandates 'disheartening'
Neelie Panozzo has chosen to fight the mandate, and is one of six nurses suing Riverside Healthcare in Kankakee, Illinois after being told she would be fired for not receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
Federal appeals court lets Texas temporarily resume strict abortion law
A federal appeals court is temporarily allowing the nation’s toughest abortion law to resume in Texas.
Libertyville nurse 'inserted her own agenda' into patient's end-of-life decision: officials
A former nurse at a hospital in Libertyville has been charged with endangering the safety of a patient.
Opponents of Texas abortion ban expand challenges
Opponents of a new Texas ban on most abortions filed a lawsuit in Illinois on Tuesday after weeks of being thwarted by courts elsewhere in their efforts to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law.
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago says 99 percent of employees are vaccinated
Rush is now checking staff vaccination records to determine who is not vaccinated. “We want to make sure that someone is truly non-compliant before we take the next step,” the director of Employee Health said.