Vets urged to access healthcare services online

Recipients can request prescription refills, sign up for text message reminders about their health care and ask non-urgent questions via video, telephone or the VA's secure online messaging system.

Emergency room nurse begs Michiganders to stay home in Instagram video

An E.R. nurse with Ascension Health System shared a video on Instagram detailing the severity of the coronavirus in hospitals nowadays.

Kids and coronavirus: What are the dangers?

Like many parents, Kerry McKenna didn’t think her 4-year-old son was in danger of contracting coronavirus.

Chicago hospital prepares for surge of COVID-19 patients

Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a dire warning Thursday as coronavirus cases surge in the Chicago area, and hospitals are getting ready for the worst.

90-year-old resident of Life Care Center, Washington nursing home hit by COVID-19, recovers from virus

A 90-year-old woman who had contracted COVID-19 at the the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, which became an early epicenter of the nation’s novel coronavirus outbreak, was declared free of the disease on March 22.

Officer among two more CPD employees diagnosed with COVID-19

An officer and a civilian employee tested positive, bringing the total number of confirmed cases within the department to 11, police said Thursday.

Review: COVID-19 could close Illinois community health centers

Hundreds of health care facilities in Illinois that largely serve low-income and minority communities are facing financial chaos because they’ve canceled most routine doctor visits in an attempt to stymie the coronavirus pandemic, according to an industry organization’s report.

US surpasses China, Italy in number of COVID-19 cases with more than 82,000 reported

The United States has officially surpassed China and Italy in its number of COVID-19 cases, becoming the country with the most reported novel coronavirus cases in the world. 

3rd employee of Cook County Jail system tests positive for COVID-19

The employee works for the adult probation department on the lower level of the Leighton Criminal Court Building in the 2600 block of South California Avenue, according to an emailed statement from Pat Milhizer, spokesman for the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Illinois COVID-19 cases climb to 2,538; deaths statewide now 26

There are now 26 people who have died in Illinois from COVID-19, and a total of 2,538 cases across 37 counties.

MyPillow shifting 75% of production to make face masks for hospitals

Minnesota-based company MyPillow is joining the effort to supply health care workers with the protective gear they need amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

2 Cook County chief judge's office employees, 3 clerk's office employees test positive for COVID-19

Two employees with the office of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and three Clerk of the Circuit Court employees tested positive for COVID-19, officials announced Wednesday.

3 more CPD officers diagnosed with COVID-19

Three additional Chicago police officers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.