Pritzker pitches more than $20 million for initiatives to improve Black maternal health
The money aims to increase access to community-based providers, such as paying licensing fees for midwives or capital expenses to open birth centers.
The money aims to increase access to community-based providers, such as paying licensing fees for midwives or capital expenses to open birth centers.
A pediatric health care network whose owners include Lurie is offering short-term loans to bridge the financial gap for community pediatricians.
Incumbent Iris Martinez took on her own party and won four years ago. Now, she faces another tough fight from her own party for reelection.
Some community providers who rely on Lurie’s network say they can’t bill patients or access online records and are sending patients elsewhere.
More than a week into the shutdown, hospital officials confirmed publicly why the system is offline but said patient care remains their priority.
Dozens of employees are taking a 20% pay cut at a key health care provider for migrants and asylum seekers on Chicago’s West Side.
There’s no required income to be part of the program, which aims to connect families with everything from housing to lactation services.
Support groups are trying to address the obstacles to care, including language barriers and a persistent shortage of mental health workers.
The county’s emergency management chief said the region faced “an exceptional year” for disasters – from thousands of migrants arriving to record storms.
Homeowners in the north and northwest suburbs will get hit particularly hard. Schools, which rely heavily on property taxes, are largely the reason.