Mercyhealth health care system agreed to pay over $1 million to employees and offered to reinstate employees after the company terminated workers for refusing to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine policy for religious reasons.

"Hearing loss is often associated with several other health conditions," writes Dr. Mary Agulo of Mercyhealth Hospital and Physician Clinic-Crystal Lake.

Treatments of migraine headaches have advanced in recent years and many approaches are available, writes Dr. Tahir Mahmood, a Mercyhealth Woodstock physician.

Dementia isn’t a single disease. It’s more like an umbrella term for a group of symptoms caused by damage to brain cells, writes MercyHealth's Dr. Amarish Davé.

A man was taken to Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside after a single-vehicle crash Saturday near Marengo.

Mercyhealth is opening a new memory care and dementia clinic in Crystal Lake, with additional office hours in Woodstock.

Mercyhealth has announced the hiring of allergist/immunologist Dr. Minh Nguyen to Mercyhealth McHenry, 3922 Mercy Drive.

A board-certified and fellowship-trained cardiovascular disease physician has joined the staff at Mercyhealth Heart and Vascular Center – Crystal Lake.

The oncology department at Mercyhealth Hospital and Physician Clinic in Crystal Lake has announced it received a Chester Chest training simulator as a donation from the Mercyhealth Development Foundation.

A Crystal Lake woman is accused of battering a security officer, emergency room nurse and a physician early Saturday morning while at MercyHealth Hospital.

Weather may have been a contributing factor to a crash that sent a 23-year-old Woodstock man to the hospital in critical condition, McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said.

Mercyhealth Development Foundation has announced it will host a Visit with Santa event from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. 19 at Mercyhealth Hospital and Physician Clinic-Crystal Lake, 875 S. Route 31 in the main lobby.

Mercyhealth has announced the hiring of Dr. Thomas Garrity, a board certified otolaryngologist, to the staff at Mercyhealth Hospital and Physician Clinic-Crystal Lake.

Mercyhealth has announced the promotion of Taylor Killpack to Vice President of Community Hospitals.

People visit the new Mercyhealth Hospital in Crystal Lake on Saturday, July 16, 2023, during a public open house.

More than 110 people stopped by the job fair held Wednesday and applied for jobs at the newly constructed Mercyhealth Hospital in Crystal Lake, hospital officials said.

Construction continues on new Mercyhealth hospital in Crystal Lake on Friday, April 21, 2023. The hospital is ramping up hiring as it gets set to open in this summer.

The new Mercyhealth Hospital and Medical Center in Crystal Lake is “close to being fully staffed,” as officials eye July for a potential opening date.

Mercyhealth Hospital and Medical Center-Harvard was recently recognized by the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network for its ongoing commitment to exceptional quality of care, the health care network announced in a news release.

Mercyhealth will hold its Holiday Give-a Gift Drive to benefit the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. 14, at Mercyhealth Woodstock, 2000 Lake Ave. in Woodstock.

Mercyhealth will offer 24 scholarships totaling $33,000 next year to students students pursuing careers in health care. The scholarships include specific ones for Harvard High School and District 155 students.

High tech companies, Mercyhealth and McHenry County College were among the those honored Tuesday by the McHenry County Economic Development Corporation with its annual Business Champion award.

Mercyhealth in Woodstock is welcoming board-certified pediatrician Stephanie Bui to its physician staff.

Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center has received accreditation from the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, an independent nonprofit that accredits facilities.

Mercyhealth hired Tricia Nicoll as its new volunteer services manager for McHenry County as well as Rock and Walworth counties in Wisconsin.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Kristy Jones’ work as a bedside nurse typically involved patients who were relatively stable. Now, her floor assists patients in need of oxygen and care as they battle COVID-19.

The Mercyhealth Association of Volunteers is accepting donations to purchase a light for its 36th Annual Love Light Tree in honor or memory of a special someone this holiday season.

Construction at the new hospital in Crystal Lake is moving along faster than expected, the Mercyhealth hospital system said Tuesday, announcing that it expects the facility to be complete in early 2023.

Mercyhealth hired Alen Brcic as its new vice president of people and culture, effective Aug. 23, the health system said in a news release.

‘No pain, no stinging, barely even felt it,’ chief medical officer for local Northwestern Medicine hospitals says

McHenry County hospitals and nursing homes across the state are working out the details of who among their staffs and residents will be the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as other crucial aspects about the rollout

The COVID-19 pandemic has stalled the construction of a highly anticipated Mercyhealth hospital on the corner of Route 31 and Three Oaks Road in Crystal Lake

Mercyhealth officials formally introduced the preliminary design of a small hospital slated for the southeast corner of Route 31 and Three Oaks Road during a meeting Wednesday night.

Centegra Health System has asked a judge to toss out a state board’s decision to grant a permit for Mercyhealth’s planned 13-bed hospital in Crystal Lake

Mercyhealth finally was able to convince a state board Tuesday of the need for a hospital in Crystal Lake after about 14 years of trying

A state board will vote Tuesday whether to grant Mercyhealth permission to build a 13-bed “microhospital” in Crystal Lake.

A twice-rejected hospital proposed in Crystal Lake received a final blow Monday, when a state panel overseeing health facilities unanimously accepted an administrative judge’s ruling on the project.

Jacob Kiferbaum was the last defendant to be sentenced as a result of Operation Board Games, the investigation that led to the conviction of former Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich

The contractor who offered a kickback in exchange for getting the contract to build a new hospital in Crystal Lake has pleaded guilty in an amended deal.