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An elderly couple holds hands as they walk along East Huron Street in downtown Chicago. (Alyssa Pointer/baiduhai)

Average life expectancy in Chicago rebounds to 78.7 years, following worst years of pandemic

September 10, 2025 at 5:33 p.m.

Chicago health officials attributed the overall improvement to a drop in COVID-19 deaths, after leaving the worst years of the pandemic behind, as well as fewer people dying early from...

A nurse injects a COVID-19 vaccine at a 9th Ward COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinic in Pullman Community Center in Chicago on Oct. 10, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Updated COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Illinois. Who can get them?

September 10, 2025 at 4:19 p.m.

The Tribune spoke with doctors, pharmacies and health insurers to explain how people in Illinois can get updated COVID-19 vaccines now.

Howard Brown Health workers and supporters strike, Jan. 3, 2023, outside Howard Brown Health Clinic in Chicago. Nurses at Howard Brown Health have voted to allow their bargaining team to call a strike, amid contract talks and concerns about staffing and pay, according to their union. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Nurses at Howard Brown Health move toward a possible strike

September 2, 2025 at 5:16 p.m.

The union alleges that the health center has failed to propose cost-of-living adjustments that keep up with inflation, and that it is understaffed.

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

Sale of Walgreens to private equity company is finalized, Chicago-area headquarters will remain

August 28, 2025 at 5:19 p.m.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has officially become a private company, with private equity firm Sycamore Partners announcing Thursday morning that it’s completed its acquisition of the Deerfield-based retail pharmacy giant.

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, one of Advocate Health's 11 Illinois hospitals. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Advocate Health Care no longer prescribing gender-affirming care medications for patients under 19

August 27, 2025 at 6:12 p.m.

Advocate Health Care no longer prescribing gender-affirming care medications for patients under 19, joining growing list of hospital systems scaling back care amid federal pressure.

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the UI Health Mile Square Health Center on Feb. 28, 2025, discussing the impact of planned cuts to Medicaid health coverage. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Health insurers propose double-digit price increases for Affordable Care Act exchange plans in Illinois

August 21, 2025 at 4:35 p.m.

In filings with the state, insurance companies blamed the price increases on growing health care costs and increasing use of health care services.

The University of Chicago Medicine adult emergency department on Dec. 5, 2017. UChicago Medicine announced its first affiliation with AdventHealth Cancer Institute Shawnee Mission in the Kansas City area. (Nancy Stone/baiduhai)

UChicago Medicine hopes to expand its cancer care nationwide, announces first affiliation with Kansas hospital

August 20, 2025 at 11:21 a.m.

AdventHealth Cancer Institute Shawnee Mission in the Kansas City area will remain an independent entity but align with UChicago Medicine when it comes to standards in clinical care, medical education...

Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park in 2018. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Abbott Laboratories scores a win in federal court, as it faces hundreds of suits over formula for preterm babies

August 18, 2025 at 5:05 p.m.

In the case, Maryland woman Keosha Diggs alleged that her son developed a life-threatening intestinal disease called necrotizing enterocolitis after being fed specialized cow’s milk formula made by Abbott.

Aaron Hardwick stands in front of his car in Rogers Park on July 24, 2025. Hardwick, a tech worker, is a ride-share driver on weekends. Hardwick suspects he may have caught COVID-19 in June from a ride-share passenger. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

With COVID-19 cases on the rise, shifting federal guidelines spark widespread confusion over vaccine eligibility

August 10, 2025 at 7:45 p.m.

The uncertainty surrounds who will be able to get updated vaccines in coming months – shots created to protect against more recent strains of COVID-19.

Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood was set to lose major federal health insurance payments, raising questions about whether the hospital might close, Aug. 7, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Weiss hospital, set to lose Medicare funding this weekend, appears closed. Supporters to rally this afternoon.

August 8, 2025 at 3:53 p.m.

The emergency room and other facilities closed as of 7 a.m. Friday, emergency room registered nurse Daniel Maser said.

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