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A panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring that the abortion pill be distributed only in person at clinics.
The money will be paid out for recovery and treatment programs over the next 15 years.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers. It’s estimated that more than 52,000 people will die from it this year, accounting for 8% of all cancer deaths, according to the National Cancer Institute. Drug-maker Revolution Medicines released promising late-stage clinical trial results in April for patients with pancreatic cancer that had spread to other parts of the body.
A governor’s staffer said Pritzker had a routine outpatient urology procedure Friday and will fulfill his regular duties out of the public eye next week.
Thousands of Illinois residents are expected to lose access to the federal food program starting in May due to newly expanded work rules. Business owners fear a loss of revenue.
The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law, but changes the way it’s regulated.
New Jersey-based Ramco Healthcare Holdings, which owns the hospital property, filed the complaint in Cook County Circuit Court asking a judge to appoint a receiver to take control of West Suburban’s operations so it can reopen.
Sameer Suhail, accused in a scheme to steal more than $15 million in hospital funds, was taken into custody Tuesday, according to a federal prosecutor.
“He had a stroke. He’s fine now. He’s home. He’s doing some rehab stuff, and that’s about it. That’s life,” the former mayor’s brother, Bill Daley, said Tuesday.
One in eight American adults take some kind of GLP-1 drug. I’m one of them.
The owner of the closed Oak Park hospital says it can gradually resume clinic services after launching a plan to catch up on about 120,000 outstanding billing claims. This comes as the owner’s partner tries to evict the hospital from its building.
Eviction notices dated April 9 gave the hospitals five days to pay millions in rent. The notices were included in a lawsuit filed Tuesday and seen on the front door of West Suburban’s River Forest campus. Both the River Forest campus and West Suburban’s main campus in Oak Park closed late last month. Weiss Memorial Hospital closed last summer.
Almost a decade after launching the first mobile stroke unit in Illinois, Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital rolls out a new, sleeker rig to diagnose and begin treating stroke patients.
After COVID, medical treatment is deteriorating around the world, including Chicago, with long wait times and deteriorating quality.
Saturday marked Global Black Doula Day and the start of Black Maternal Health Week. Pregnant and postpartum parents gathered on the West Side for a community baby shower.
A Cook County jury found the Lake County company’s cow-milk-based infant formula contributed to a life-threatening condition in premature infants.