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Illinois health officials investigating 26 cases of salmonella infections linked to ground beef

June 8, 2023 at 10:51 a.m.

State and federal officials are investigating an outbreak of 26 cases of salmonella infections in northeastern Illinois linked to ground beef. The source of the ground beef has not yet...

Walgreens at State and Randolph streets in Chicago in 2015.

Walgreens laying off 10% of corporate workforce, with most of the cuts coming in Deerfield and Chicago

May 26, 2023 at 1:21 p.m.

Walgreens is eliminating 504 corporate jobs, representing about 10% of the retail pharmacy giant's corporate workforce, the company confirmed late Thursday. The affected jobs are mostly at Walgreens' Deerfield and...

A virtual reality treadmill is used for physical therapy in the Legs and Walking Lab and Brain Innovation Center at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab on Aug. 24, 2022.

Schreibers donate $15 million to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to help fund brain care, research

May 24, 2023 at 12:01 a.m.

Chicago area couple Kathy and John Schreiber are donating $15 million to the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to help fund care and research related to brain conditions. The area of the...

The Horizon Therapeutics offices in Deerfield. Horizon had about 2,000 employees globally, including about 600 at its U.S. headquarters in Deerfield, as of late last year.

FTC sues to block $27.8 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics, which has U.S. headquarters in Deerfield

May 16, 2023 at 4:25 p.m.

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit to block biotechnology company Amgen from buying Horizon Therapeutics for $27.8 billion — the first time the FTC has tried to stop...

Illinois makes it easier for women to get birth control directly from pharmacists, without doctors’ visits

May 12, 2023 at 10:25 a.m.

The state's top public health official has signed an order allowing women across Illinois to get hormonal birth control directly from pharmacists, without first visiting their doctors. The head of...

Vials of the Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccine Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 in Chicago. (Michael Blackshire/baiduhai)

La emergencia de salud pública COVID-19 finaliza hoy. Esto es lo que significa para los residentes de Illinois

April 15, 2024 at 3:47 p.m.

Más de tres años después de que COVID-19 sembrara por primera vez la muerte y los trastornos, las emergencias estatales y federales relacionadas con la pandemia finalizan oficialmente el jueves....

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Oct. 6, 2022, at a South Side Walgreens.

The COVID-19 public health emergency ends today. Here’s what it means for Illinois residents.

May 11, 2023 at 12:46 p.m.

More than three years after COVID-19 first sowed death and disruption, state and federal pandemic-related emergencies are officially ending Thursday. The end of the emergency declarations will bring a slew...

A patient lies in a gurney awaiting care as staff work in the emergency room area at St. Bernard Hospital in Chicago on Nov. 29, 2022. The hospital went from an F grade for safety to an A according to the Leapfrog Group ratings of hospitals.

One Illinois hospital earns an F for safety, while another climbs from an F to an A in new ratings

May 2, 2023 at 11:01 p.m.

A South Side hospital has earned an F for safety, while another has clawed its way from an F to an A, according to new ratings from the nonprofit Leapfrog...

First 113,000 letters about Medicaid health coverage renewals going out in Illinois this week

May 1, 2023 at 4:46 p.m.

More than 100,000 Illinois residents will receive the first round of letters this week about how to hold on to their Medicaid health coverage amid federal changes that could lead...

Revenue at North Chicago-based AbbVie dove by nearly 10% during the first few months of this year — a drop that comes as its bestselling drug Humira faces competition for the first time in the U.S.

North Chicago-based AbbVie’s revenue tumbles as its blockbuster drug Humira faces competition

April 27, 2023 at 1:18 p.m.

Revenue at North Chicago-based AbbVie dove by nearly 10% during the first few months of this year — a drop that comes as its bestselling drug Humira faces competition for...

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