Couple donates $11 million to Lurie Children’s Hospital to support work in genetics and rare diseases
The donation from Don and Anne Edwards aims to speed research, treatment and diagnosis for children with rare and genetic disorders.
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Advocates hope newly passed bill will inspire more Illinois therapists to take private health insurance
Many therapists have stopped taking insurance because of what they describe as low payment rates and administrative hoops that make it difficult to treat patients.
Illinois to conduct its own review of hepatitis B vaccine recommendations made by federal committee
The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decided Friday to recommend that it be left up to parents and doctors whether to vaccinate infants right after birth if the infants'...
Rush announces major donation to help it dramatically expand clinical trials for cancer patients
The donation will establish the Harold B. Smith Family Cancer Research Center at Rush within the Rush MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Chicago’s Shriver Center on Poverty Law closing at the end of the year
The Shriver Center on Poverty Law in Chicago is shutting its doors after years of financial struggles, the advocacy organization announced Tuesday.
Former counselor at Hartgrove Behavioral Health Hospital in Chicago charged with sexually assaulting 5 patients
Edmund Rivers, 68, is accused of sexually assaulting the boys, between the ages of 7 and 14, while he worked at Hartgrove Behavioral Health Hospital between 1996 and 2004.
When hospitals choose private guardians, patients pay the price
When Chicago hospitals seek guardians for patients with assets, a law firm and a private care management organization get nearly all the business.
Chicago hospitals funnel patients into long-lasting guardianships, angering friends and family
Chicago-area hospitals recently initiated hundreds of guardianship petitions in just 18 months, a Chicago Tribune investigation has found.
Abbott Laboratories announces $21B deal to buy Cologuard-maker Exact Sciences
The deal will allow Abbott -- which makes continuous glucose monitors and other products -- to enter the cancer testing space.
State board approves closure of Ascension Alexian Brothers’ labor and delivery unit
Alexian Brothers has not yet announced on what date it will stop scheduling deliveries of babies, but “will be doing so shortly,” Ascension spokesperson Olga Solares said in an email.