Health

The Illinois Senate approved a bill preventing health care workers with substantiated abuse claims from working in state-funded mental health ...

Newly released reports from the Illinois Department of Human Services’ watchdog office reveal shocking instances of cruelty, abuse and poor ...

Exactly 38 months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, Illinois will no longer be under a ...

A law recently signed by Gov. JB Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday expanding access to abortion and other reproductive health care services.

Democrats in the General Assembly on Tuesday approved a wide-ranging measure aimed at shoring up Illinois’ position as a “haven” ...

Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent providing for legal abortion, Democrats in the ...

Lutrice Williams was 23 and in crisis when she arrived at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in rural southern ...

Several employees at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center attempted to cover up a brutal assault on a patient, according ...

Milking Medicaid: As part of an ongoing series examining one of Illinois’ largest expenses, the Better Government Association reveals how ...