Health Care news
A victim of the Highland Park parade shooting has found a measure of relief from her pain through a new pain treatment.
The proposal called for using a total of about $18 million of the federal American Rescue Plan Act funds the county received.
The Will County Community Health Center has announced a new partnership with Genoa Healthcare to provide pharmacy services on-site at its Joliet clinic. The new pharmacy will be open to all residents.
The Lake County Health Department has confirmed a case of measles in a Lake County resident. To date, there have been over 60 reported measles cases in Illinois since 2010.
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood will be in DeKalb Saturday for an event to mark the 14th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
Donations for Anthony Pens, 26, and Alyssa Pens, 14, who both require round-the-clock health care, can now be made at a Coal City bank.
The Medicare seminar is for Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers
Certified lymphedema therapists at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox will presentThe program “Living with Lymphedema."
Anthony Pens, 26, and Alyssa Pens, 14, both have Heredity Spastic Paraplegia Type 35 and require round-the-clock care. Their disease is so rare that only 51 people in 19 families are documented in medical literature.
Proposed changes include banning prior authorization requirements for people to receive in-patient treatment at a psychiatric facility as well as all forms of so-called “step therapy” for prescription drug coverage
Kathy Jenner of Lemont praised the care her parents receive from Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care in Joliet.
Heritage Square, 620 N. Ottawa Ave. in Dixon, is a not-for-profit facility that provides sheltered care and skilled nursing services. It has been serving the Dixon community for over 50 years.
Last residents moved out in February. Workers still on staff to close down facility say they aren't getting paid.
The Will County Health Department is installing 10 red naloxone distribution boxes at locations throughout the county.
Illinois Sate Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel is sponsoring a measure that would prohibit shipping e-cigarettes to anyone in the state.