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The Abbott AbbVie manufacturing location along North Waukegan Road on Feb. 23, 2026, in North Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Trial over Abbott Laboratories’ formula for premature babies set to begin in Cook County this week

March 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The latest chapter in an ongoing legal battle between Abbott Laboratories and parents of babies born prematurely is set to play out in a Chicago courtroom this week.

Maryann Mason, professor of emergency medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, was a researcher on a report analyzing data about fatal child abuse in Illinois. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Children ages 3 and younger most often victims of fatal child abuse in Illinois, according to new report

February 27, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

For the report, Northwestern researchers aimed to analyze violent deaths of Illinois children ages 10 and younger who died at the hands of caregivers between 2015 and 2022.

Medline CEO Jim Boyle at the company's corporate headquarters on Feb. 25, 2026, in Northfield. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

CEO of Northfield-based Medline talks tariffs, IPO following company’s first earnings call

February 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The CEO of Northfield-based Medline cheered the company’s successful initial public offering late last year following the company’s first earnings call Wednesday.

The AbbVie Contract Manufacturing location along Sheridan Road is seen on Feb. 23, 2026, in North Chicago. Today, AbbVie announced a new $380 million investment to build two new active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facilities at its current North Chicago location with construction starting this spring.

AbbVie plans to spend $380 million building two new manufacturing facilities in North Chicago

February 23, 2026 at 4:36 p.m.

The expansion is expected to create 300 new jobs, including positions for engineers, scientists, manufacturing operators and lab technicians.

Heartland laying off more than 140 workers, closing several centers for immigrant children

February 23, 2026 at 5:18 p.m.

Heartland Human Care Services plans to lay off more than 140 workers as it prepares to close several Chicago sites that temporarily house children who come to the U.S. without...

People and vehicles pass a Walgreens near the intersection of West Division and North Dearborn streets in Chicago on March 6, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Walgreens laying off 469 Illinois employees, following sale to private equity firm

February 19, 2026 at 5:55 p.m.

The employees work at the company’s offices in Deerfield, at the Old Post Office downtown and in Danville, according to a letter the company sent to the Illinois Department of...

Dusk falls on the Illinois State Capitol, Jan. 7, 2025, in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

More than $1.1 billion in medical debt erased in Illinois, with the help of a state program

February 17, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

More than 500,000 Illinois residents have so far benefited from the program, with average debt relief of about $1,200 a person, according to the governor’s office.

The Springfield headquarters of the Illinois Department of Public Health, along the 500 block of West Jefferson Street, on Feb. 8, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration cuts to health care grants in Illinois, other states

February 13, 2026 at 1:46 p.m.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting more than $600 million in health care grants meant for Illinois and three other states.

The Springfield headquarters of the Illinois Department of Public Health, along the 500 block of West Jefferson Street, Feb. 8, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Illinois sues Trump administration over more than $100 million in planned cuts to health care grants

February 12, 2026 at 7:22 a.m.

The Trump administration is moving to cut more than $100 million in federal health care grants for Illinois, a step quickly met with a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Kwame...

Dr. Jonathan D. Rich checks on patient Cheryl Andrews while she recovers Feb. 10, 2026, two weeks after her heart transplant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Billionaire Neil Bluhm donating another $50 million to Northwestern for heart care

February 10, 2026 at 11:00 p.m.

With the new gift, Bluhm will have donated $135 million over the last two decades to the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute.

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