Carle and Aetna Medicare part ways, leaving some patients stranded
CHAMPAIGN – Carle Foundation Hospital will drop Aetna Medicare in January. That’s bad news for Bridget McGill, an Urbana resident who relies on Aetna Medicare
State worker vaccine deadline extended to Oct. 26 for first dose
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker announced Monday that his administration has reached agreement with multiple trade unions requiring certain state workers to be vaccinated against
As Pritzker admin. pushes for nursing home reform, report details weaknesses in oversight
This story has been updated. In the early days, weeks and months of the pandemic, COVID-19 ravaged nursing homes, killing thousands of elderly and frail
Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications, family says
WASHIINGTON — Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications, his family said Monday. In an announcement on
Rural Illinois doesn’t have enough health workers, and the pandemic made it worse
SPRINGFIELD — Nearly every county in Illinois doesn’t have enough primary care, mental health and dental providers, according to a new report by the Rural
Pritzker delays vaccine deadline for some state workers
CHICAGO — Illinois’ governor has pushed back a deadline for state employees of veterans’ homes, prisons and other congregate facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19
Exhausted hospital workers face ongoing COVID-19 hospitalizations
DES MOINES — On the eighth floor of Iowa Methodist Hospital in downtown Des Moines, 56-year-old Russell Braley watched daytime TV in one of the
Report: Nursing homes in crisis with staff shortages
SPRINGFIELD – A new report released Wednesday says staffing shortages at nursing homes in Illinois have reached crisis proportions and that people of color are
90 percent of OSF HealthCare employees fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as mandate takes effect
PEORIA — Ninety percent of OSF HealthCare’s more than 24,000 employees system wide are vaccinated against COVID-19. The organization required employees to get vaccinated or
Pro-vaccine messages touting safety & scary COVID stats can backfire, new study suggests
CHICAGO — The messages that worked to persuade unvaccinated people to roll up their sleeves this spring may not work anymore. That’s according to new
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