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RN Vraj Kharvari, center, joins dozens of registered nurses and supporters, gathering outside St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital along Division Street in Chicago, May 27, 2026, to rally and protest the alleged crackdown of their employer Prime Healthcare on efforts to unionize. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Hundreds of nurses at Chicago’s St. Mary hospital plan one-day strike

August 25, 2026 at 9:29 a.m.

Registered nurses at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago plan to again go on strike as they try to reach their first contract with owner Prime Healthcare.

Abbott Laboratories at Abbott Park on June 25, 2018. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Abbott Laboratories to pay $670 million to settle cases, claims over its formula for premature babies

August 20, 2026 at 5:21 p.m.

Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay $670 million to settle a high-profile lawsuit and 2,000 other claims related to allegations that its formula for babies born prematurely causes a dangerous...

Rachelle Gardner and her fiance, Tom Perlongo, smile as they walk out of an exam room at City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago in Zion on July 30, 2026. Gardner, who has been battling pancreatic cancer since 2023, just received a new drug called daraxonrasib. It's part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's expanded access program and believed to extend the survival time of pancreatic cancer patients. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Patients in Illinois starting to receive experimental pancreatic cancer drug: ‘Game changer’

August 9, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The experimental drug, called daraxonrasib, does not cure pancreatic cancer, which is one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat cancers, but it gives many patients the next best thing: more...

Attendees cheer during a rally on Feb. 1, 2026, at the future home of a Lawndale Christian Health Center pharmacy to promote passage of Illinois’ 340B drug pricing program. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Pritzker signs bill that aims to protect 340B drug discount program

August 7, 2026 at 7:41 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday that aims to place protections around a drug discount program that hospitals and other healthcare providers say they rely on to...

Rishi Shah, former co-founder and CEO of Outcome Health, arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse for sentencing on June 25, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Fraud convictions of former Outcome Health executives upheld by appeals court

August 7, 2026 at 5:51 p.m.

A three-judge panel for the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday affirmed a jury’s decision to convict two former Outcome Health executives on multiple counts of fraud.

Dr. Ankit Bharat, back right, and a team suture a patient following lung surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Aug. 3, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Northwestern and Rush tie for best hospital in Illinois, rank among top 20 in country

August 4, 2026 at 7:51 a.m.

Two Chicago hospitals — Northwestern Memorial and Rush University Medical Center — are again tied for best hospital in the state and rank among the top 20 in the nation,...

A parking lot in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood sits across from a mostly vacant West Suburban Medical Center on June 1, 2026, in Oak Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Proposed settlement would sell West Suburban and Weiss hospitals to Insight, pay current CEO as consultant

August 3, 2026 at 3:57 p.m.

An owner of West Suburban and Weiss hospitals is asking a judge to enforce a settlement agreement that would see the hospitals sold to Insight Health Systems.

The Rev. Robin Hood, left, speaks July 28, 2026, at a rally at Daley Plaza to call for Gov. JB Pritzker to help reopen shuttered Weiss Memorial Hospital and West Suburban Medical Center. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Community leaders press Gov. JB Pritzker to help reopen West Suburban and Weiss hospitals

July 28, 2026 at 5:50 p.m.

A group of faith and community leaders are pushing the governor’s office to step in to help reopen Weiss Memorial Hospital and West Suburban Medical Center – as a battle...

A rendering shows a new building for Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital, a $175 million cancer and neuroscience center on its Arlington Heights campus. The building would be connected to the main hospital via a bridge. (Endeavor Health)

Endeavor’s Northwest Community Hospital gains approval for $175M cancer and neurological care center

July 23, 2026 at 2:08 p.m.

Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital hopes to move forward with plans to build a new, $175 million cancer and neuroscience center.

People cross North Michigan Avenue at East Randolph Street on July 16, 2026, in Chicago. The city was shrouded in wildfire smoke from Minnesota and Canada. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Cook County shatters air quality record, EPA data shows, as dangerous wildfire smoke envelops region

July 16, 2026 at 8:34 p.m.

Residents warned to stay inside as fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota reaches hazardous levels.

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