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A COVID-19 booster is given to a patient by a pharmacist at a CVS store in Chicago on Oct. 13, 2022. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

CVS doubling down on primary health care, opening new clinics in Chicago, even as Walgreens pulls back

July 31, 2024 at 11:01 p.m.

CVS Health is doubling down on offering primary care, with plans to open 25 Oak Street Health clinics in its stores, including three in the Chicago area — a move...

COVID-19 and flu vaccines at a walk-in clinic on Dec. 3, 2023, at St. Procopius School in Pilsen.

COVID-19 on the upswing in Chicago again this summer

July 29, 2024 at 9:19 a.m.

COVID-19 test positivity was up to 9.8% in Chicago for the week that ended July 13, compared with 2.5% for the week that ended June 1, according to the Chicago...

Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park is seen on June 25, 2018. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Abbott Laboratories must pay $495M in case over formula for premature infants, jury decides

July 29, 2024 at 3:50 p.m.

The lawsuit is one of hundreds north suburban-based Abbott and Mead Johnson are facing regarding their formulas for premature infants.

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

Ascension selling 9 Illinois hospitals to California-based Prime Healthcare

July 25, 2024 at 5:16 p.m.

The hospitals will keep their current names, minus the “Ascension” branding.

A container of Similac, made by Abbott Laboratories, is on a shelf typically stocked with baby formula at a store in San Antonio on May 10, 2022. (Eric Gay/AP)

Abbott CEO defends infant formula, as trial continues over alleged risks to premature babies

July 18, 2024 at 12:56 p.m.

Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed alleging Enfamil and Similac cause a gastrointestinal disease in premature infants.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital Lavin Pavilion on July 26, 2021. Northwestern is ranked among the top 20 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Northwestern, Rush tie for best hospital in Illinois, US News says

July 16, 2024 at 10:46 a.m.

U.S. News releases its list of top hospitals in Illinois and across the country each year. Chicago area hospitals, which compete with one another for patients, often pay close attention...

Outcome Health CEO Rishi Shah, left, and President Shradha Agarwal arrive to the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Jan. 24, 2023. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Former Outcome Health leaders appeal their fraud convictions

July 16, 2024 at 1:52 p.m.

Former Outcome CEO and co-founder Rishi Shah and former co-founder and President Shradha Agarwal filed their notices appeal on Monday and Friday, respectively.

Jeanine Valrie Logan outside the site of the future Chicago South Side Birth Center on June 25, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Some have called the South Side a birthing ‘desert.’ A nurse midwife is working to change that.

July 15, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

If approved, it would be the first birth center on the city’s South Side – an area with a largely Black population that’s faced challenges related to pregnancy and childbirth.

Shradha Agarwal, the co-founder and president of Outcome Health, leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after being sentenced to three years in a halfway house on June 27, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Shradha Agarwal, former Outcome Health president, sentenced to 3 years in a halfway house

June 27, 2024 at 5:36 p.m.

The company’s former chief financial officer, Brad Purdy, was also sentenced Thursday to 27 months in prison.

Rishi Shah, former CEO and co-founder of Outcome Health, arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse for sentencing on June 25, 2024. Shah was convicted of fraud last year. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Former Outcome Health CEO Rishi Shah sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for role in fraud

June 26, 2024 at 10:24 p.m.

The sentencing came about 14 months after a jury found Rishi Shah and two other former Outcome leaders guilty of fraud.

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