Cook County and the state of Illinois erased upwards of $1.5 billion in medical debt for over 770,000 Cook County residents through the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program, leaving many county ...

Cook County is taking steps to help more students from underserved communities grow into healthcare professionals.

Southwell’s hospitals generate more than $1.23 billion in combined economic impact in Tift and Cook counties, according to annual data released by the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA).

Toni Preckwinkle is running for her fifth term. If she’s ultimately successful, she would equal former President George Dunne as the board’s longest-serving leader.

Research shows one in 10 children experience a traumatic brain injury every year, according to the brain injury association.

When Kayleigh White opened a plain white envelope stamped “UNDUE” in big, bold blue letters late last year, she threw it away. The 27-year-old Rochelle resident assumed it was junk mail, or maybe ...

With the first phase of the planned demolition of the 153-acre Oak Forest Hospital campus now complete, Cook County is ...

Jennifer Tescher is founder and CEO of the Financial Health Network, a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to improving ...

The program helps doctors in training gain confidence in a wide variety of family medicine practices, such as joint injections, birth control devices and abscesses. The goal is to prepare residents to ...

Home health agency in Bolingbrook expands skilled nursing services to support seniors across Cook Will and DuPage ...

The cuts, imposed by the Trump administration, will hit the county’s bottom line next year, threatening the ability of more than 400,000 Cook County residents to get necessary health care.

Illinois and local officials announced Cook County will continue funding the medical debt forgiveness program next year, once funds run out.