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Registered nurse Erica Ruess, center, joins dozens of other nurses and supporters outside St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital, May 27, 2026, to protest their employer Prime Healthcare’s alleged illegal crackdown on their efforts to unionize, which include the recent firing of four nurses. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Nurses at Chicago’s Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital protest ‘crackdown’ on unionization efforts

May 28, 2026 at 10:47 a.m.

Nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago rallied outside the facility Wednesday, protesting what they describe as a crackdown on their efforts to unionize by owner Prime Healthcare.

The campus of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park is seen on April 22, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Faith leaders, doctors press for West Suburban reopening, as hospital’s fate remains undecided

May 26, 2026 at 6:47 p.m.

Faith leaders, doctors and employees gathered in front of West Suburban Medical Center on Tuesday to demand it be reopened with the community’s needs in mind.

Navy veteran Alex Foss, from left, Army veteran Chris Gentry and National Guard veteran Kayla Harris march against the Iran war and President Donald Trump on May 25, 2026, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Veterans gather downtown to protest Iran war and Trump administration actions

May 25, 2026 at 7:07 p.m.

A group of veterans spoke out in Chicago on Memorial Day against the war in Iran, changes to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. and Israel’s actions...

Jasmine Jones, 28, left, walks her dog Dutches with her mom, Patricia Smith, in Chicago’s Calumet Heights neighborhood on May 17, 2026. Jones had a quadruple transplant in January due to cystic fibrosis. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

South Side woman undergoes rare quadruple organ transplant at University of Chicago Medicine

May 20, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

The transplant of two new lungs, a kidney and a liver into a single patient over 36 hours “continues to be at the edge of what we can do in...

Registered nurses and supporters gather outside Rush University Medical Center in Chicago for a rally and news conference on April 9, 2026, to announce filing a petition for a union election. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Rush University Medical Center nurses vote to unionize

May 18, 2026 at 2:54 p.m.

Nurses at Rush University Medical Center have voted to unionize, a vote that will make Rush one of the largest Chicago hospitals with unionized nurses.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Jan. 17, 2026. (Dustin Chambers/The New York Times)

Illinois resident with previously suspected case of hantavirus tests negative for illness

May 18, 2026 at 1:47 p.m.

A Winnebago County resident with a previously suspected case of hantavirus doesn't have the illness after all, state health officials said Monday.

A sign with an image of a rodent that transmits hantavirus and information is posted at the Ramon Carrillo Zonal Hospital in Bariloche, Argentina, May 12, 2026. (Euge Neme/AP)

Potential case of hantavirus reported in Illinois, but it’s not linked to cruise ship outbreak

May 12, 2026 at 7:32 p.m.

Health officials are investigating a potential hantavirus case in Illinois, though the case is not linked to a recent outbreak of the illness on a cruise ship.

Chelsea Cheveria holds her newborn daughter Zairah on May 6, 2026, at their home in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. After giving birth in February, Cheveria developed blood clots in her lungs that immediately sent her into cardiac arrest and was saved by medical staff at Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Her heart stopped after giving birth. Now, she’s warning others about blood clots during pregnancy.

May 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Chelsea Cheveria developed a blood clot that traveled into her heart and lungs, known as a pulmonary embolism. It’s one of the most common causes of pregnancy-related death in the...

The campus of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park on April 22, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

West Suburban owners face off in court over hospital’s future

May 10, 2026 at 12:47 p.m.

The owners of the now shuttered West Suburban Medical Center faced off in court Friday amid accusations of mismanagement and questionable fund transfers.

Mercy Medical Center in Aurora in April 2025. The hospital, part of Prime Healthcare, will remain in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois health insurance. (R. Christian Smith / The Beacon-News)

Prime Healthcare hospitals will stay in-network with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, after months of uncertainty

May 8, 2026 at 2:26 p.m.

Prime Healthcare, which owns nine Illinois hospitals, will remain in-network with the state’s largest health insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois.

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