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People use the entrance of Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Lavin Pavilion, July 26, 2021. Northwestern is ranked among the top 22 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

US News says Rush, Northwestern among top hospitals in the country, amid controversy over ratings system

July 31, 2023 at 11:01 p.m.

Rush University Medical Center and Northwestern Memorial Hospital are among the top 22 hospitals in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report — an organization that has come...

Delores Collins, right, and dozens of other Loretto Hospital workers rally during a labor strike on July 31, 2023.

About 200 Loretto Hospital workers go on strike on Chicago’s West Side

July 31, 2023 at 10:58 a.m.

About 200 Loretto Hospital workers went on strike Monday, saying the hospital's low pay has led to staffing shortages that are affecting patient care. The workers are represented by the...

Dozens of Howard Brown Health workers and supporters strike on Jan. 3, 2023, outside clinic in Chicago.

Allegations of unfair labor practices at Howard Brown Health have merit, labor relations board office finds

July 20, 2023 at 5:38 p.m.

A regional office of the National Labor Relations Board has found merit to allegations that Howard Brown Health engaged in unfair labor practices over the past year — news that...

Boxes of BinaxNOW home COVID-19 tests made by Abbott are for sale in November 2021 at a CVS store in Lakewood, Washington.

Abbott’s COVID-19 test sales dive by nearly 90%

July 20, 2023 at 2:39 p.m.

Abbott Laboratories' sales of COVID-19 tests fell by a whopping 89% during the second quarter of this year compared with the same time last year — a drop that comes...

The sun sets on Loretto Hospital, June 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Loretto Hospital workers plan to strike over what they allege are substandard wages, unsafe staffing levels

July 19, 2023 at 3:49 p.m.

About 200 workers at Loretto Hospital on Chicago's West Side plan to strike in coming weeks over what they allege are substandard wages and issues with safe staffing. The workers,...

The Walgreens at State and Randolph streets in Chicago is seen on July 20, 2015.

Walgreens cutting another 393 jobs in Illinois

July 6, 2023 at 10:35 a.m.

Walgreens plans to cut 393 jobs at a southern Illinois distribution center — a move that follows an announcement just months ago that it planned to eliminate more than 500...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker during a news conference at Chicago Union Station on June 26, 2023.

Pritzker signs bills giving Illinois power over health insurance prices, Affordable Care Act exchange

June 27, 2023 at 5:55 p.m.

Illinois will soon run its own Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace, and have the power to stop sky-high price increases of plans sold on it. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed...

The Walgreens store at State and Randolph Streets in Chicago.

Walgreens aims to cut more costs amid weaker demand for COVID vaccines, uncertain economy

June 27, 2023 at 9:42 a.m.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is raising its cost-savings goal by 17% to $4.1 billion after a disappointing quarter — a move that comes just weeks after it said it was eliminating...

The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital is seen on June 9, 2012, in Chicago. Lurie Children's Hospital is again the No. 1 children's hospital in Illinois.

Lurie, Advocate Children’s, Comer named best children’s hospitals in Illinois

June 20, 2023 at 11:01 p.m.

Lurie Children's Hospital is again the No. 1 children's hospital in Illinois, with Advocate Children's Hospital and University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital tying for second place in the state,...

Chemotherapy drugs are administered to a patient at a hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 2017. A growing shortage of common cancer treatments is forcing doctors to switch medications and delaying care, prominent U.S. cancer centers say. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network said June 7, 2023, that nearly all the centers it surveyed in late May were dealing with shortages of the chemotherapies carboplatin and cisplatin.

Chicago-area hospitals rationing cancer medications amid nationwide drug shortage

June 10, 2023 at 8:23 a.m.

Chicago-area hospitals are struggling with a nationwide shortage of cancer medications, leading local doctors to sometimes ration the life-saving drugs. Two of the drugs in short supply are carboplatin and...

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