Health Care
-
Pritzker signs abortion rights expansion
Jan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday expanding access to abortion and other reproductive health care services. House Bill 4664, passed Tuesday during the Gen...
-
New year, same problems? How local mental health experts are helping kids, familiesJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - Mental health problems people battled in 2022 may linger in 2023, as perhaps new challenges come to the forefront, experts say. The World Health Organization reported a ...
-
Nurses at 2 New York City hospitals return to work as deal ends strike
Jan 12, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of nurses at two New York City hospitals ended a three-day strike Thursday after reaching a tentative contract agreement that union officials s...
-
Providence Farm once again before Northbrook plan commissionJan 10, 2023 10:00 pm - A repeat of what happened more than five years ago, one man called it. The discussion at the Jan. 3 Northbrook Plan Commission meeting likely was not as lively as the p...
-
'A new gateway': Edward Hospital seeking to build new cardiovascular centerJan 10, 2023 4:00 am - Officials from Edward Hospital are seeking to build a new cardiovascular center on the Naperville campus. Curt Pascoe, vice president of real estate development at Ryan ...
-
Illinois lawmakers approve broadened abortion, gender protections for patients and providers
-
Illinois House approves increased abortion, gender care protections
-
Opioid legal charge pushes Walgreens to $3.7B fiscal 1Q loss
-
A charitable effort with strings attached: How ukuleles are helping kids in children's hospitalsDec 30, 2022 12:00 am - A musical instrument popular in the 1920s will be helping out patients in children's hospitals thanks to Buffalo Grove groups and an international charity. The BG Singer...
-
Medicare's annual enrollment has ended - what's next?Dec 29, 2022 5:00 am - Medicare has ended its annual enrollment period, the time when those on Medicare do their dance comparing their current Rx plan or Advantage plan to other plan offerings...