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The healthcare.gov website is seen on Dec. 14, 2021. (Alex Brandon/AP)

A record 449,553 Illinois residents sign up for Affordable Care Act insurance, amid uncertainty over future

January 9, 2025 at 6:22 p.m.

A record 449,553 Illinois residents have signed up for Affordable Care Act health insurance, amid uncertainty about the program's future under President Donald Trump.

Waterfowl at Montrose Beach on April 26, 2020. The cause of death for some waterfowl found recently in northern Illinois is likely due to a highly infectious and deadly strain of bird flu, officials said. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Bird flu: Here’s what Illinois residents should know, following the first US death from the virus

January 9, 2025 at 7:24 a.m.

Doctors, however, say there’s no need to panic at this point – though they’re watching the virus’s progression closely.

Registered nurse Donna Feaster prepares to administer a flu shot during a 9th Ward COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinic at the Pullman Community Center in Chicago on Oct. 10, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Illinois moves to high levels of respiratory illnesses amid uptick across the country

January 8, 2025 at 6:14 a.m.

Illinois is now experiencing high levels of respiratory illnesses, such as flu and RSV — up from moderate levels the previous week.

Karen Bigg, a harm reductionist for the Chicago Recovery Alliance, shows the contents of a kit for administering naloxone, aka Narcan, for drug overdoses while working in a mobile outreach van at Humboldt Park, July 25, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Opioid overdose deaths plummeted in Cook County in 2024

January 2, 2025 at 5:03 p.m.

Opioid overdose deaths in Cook County dropped dramatically in 2024, according to preliminary data from the medical examiner’s office.

Medical assistant Jada Lee administers COVID and flu shots to a patient at the Rush West Loop Clinic on Dec. 31, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Flu, RSV are on the rise in Chicago. Also, watch out for a nasty stomach bug.

December 31, 2024 at 5:05 p.m.

RSV and the flu have taken hold as Chicago residents have partaken in festivities in the last several weeks, and COVID is also increasing.

Orthopedic surgeon Robert Gray, right, meets with patient Robert Johnston, left, at his office in an Endeavor Health medical building in Skokie on Dec. 11, 2024. Dr. Gray uses an Abridge listening and transcription app on his iPhone that's made especially for medical professionals. The app uses AI to transcribe and summarize important patient information gleaned from the conversations between doctors and their patients. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Chicago-area doctors increasingly using artificial intelligence to take notes during appointments

December 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Doctors who’ve used artificial intelligence note-taking technology say, in some ways, it’s helped them return to an earlier time in medicine, when they didn’t have to spend as much time...

Leylani Valencia, 8, center, a patient in Lurie Children’s Single Ventricle Center of Excellence, performs in the Fontan Choir at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music in Evanston on Dec. 4, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

‘A powerful connection’: Northwestern, Lurie create choir of children born with heart condition

December 25, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Researchers wondered if they could ease some of those symptoms — and improve the kids’ wellbeing — by teaching them breathing and singing techniques as part of a choir.

Nurses and supporters picket outside St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet on Nov. 21, 2023. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

State board approves Ascension plan to sell nine Illinois hospitals for $370 million

December 19, 2024 at 10:18 a.m.

The sale gives Prime Healthcare its first hospitals in Illinois.

Advocate Trinity Hospital on the South Side in Chicago on Aug., 12, 2020. Advocate Health Care plans to replace this building, which is more than 115 years old and sits on the Southeast Side on 93rd Street, constructing a new hospital at the former U.S. Steel South Works site near the lakefront.(Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Advocate Health Care to spend $1B on South Side plan that includes replacing Trinity Hospital

December 17, 2024 at 7:37 p.m.

Advocate Health Care to spend $1 billion on South Side of Chicago, to expand outpatient care and replace Advocate Trinity Hospital.

Hartgrove Hospital on Sept. 23, 2020. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Man alleges sexual abuse as a child at Hartgrove Hospital in Chicago in new lawsuit

December 12, 2024 at 12:17 p.m.

An Illinois man is suing Hartgrove Hospital and Universal Health Services alleging he was sexually abused as a child at the hospital.

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