Dispensers for medication that reverses opioid overdoses installed at two Kane County hospitals
Anyone can now access naloxone for free and anonymously at Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora and Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin.
Law & Order column: Waukegan hospital being sued in patient death
The 28-year-old died of hypothermia after leaving her hospital room and accessing the second-floor roof of Vista Medical ...
Slow hospital transfers are costing lives in Illinois, study finds
A new study from a Northwestern trauma surgeon found that up to 34% of critically injured patients who show up at a hospital ...
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Chicago emergency response times are worsening. A slain rapper’s mom wants to know why.
A Trace analysis found that between 2021 and November 2024, the rate of incidents with response times longer than six minutes ...
Advocate Health Care closing all Illinois clinics inside Walgreens, including 11 in Chicago
The state's largest health care system will close 47 Walgreens clinics as part of a broader shift in operations.
FDA approves new type of nonopioid painkiller for acute pain
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new type of nonopioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, NBC News reported.
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Some hospitals pause gender-affirming care to evaluate Trump’s executive order
Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and the nation’s capital said Thursday they have paused gender-affirming care for young ...
Endeavor Health ending inpatient psychiatric care at Northwest Community Hospital, laying off "small number" of employees
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Endeavor Health, a network of hospitals and medical clinics in the Chicago area, is shutting down inpatient ...
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Judge unlikely to pull plug on claims Warner Bros’ Max medical drama ‘The Pitt’ ripped off ‘ER’
The estate of Michael Crichton, the late novelist who created ER in the 1990s, is suing the TV studio claiming the new series was ...
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14-Year-Old in Critical Condition Following North Albany Avenue Collision in Chicago
A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after a two-vehicle crash in West Ridge, Chicago where a yellow sedan ran a red ...
14-year-old boy critically injured in overnight traffic accident in West Ridge
A 14-year-old boy was among five people who were injured overnight during a traffic crash on the North Side in the West Ridge neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 12:15 a.m., a yellow sedan that ...
Stroke: Types, Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
Eight years ago, at the age of 53, Jeff Miller woke up, got out of bed and fell to the floor. Although he was having trouble seeing, he managed to get down the stairs to the first floor of his ...