Latest Health News From The Illinois Newsroom Team
Students say Champaign schools fail to provide menstrual products
CHAMPAIGN — Loreal Allen was not surprised when she went into a bathroom at Central High School in Champaign in late November. Everything was as expected. She found soap, paper towels and a white dispenser that was supposed
Workers are fleeing long-term care. Could better career opportunities help?
SAN FRANCISCO — Serena Maria warmly remembers the first older person she took care of. “Her name was Liberty Bell, and she was born on
Planned Parenthood is expanding abortion services in Champaign & statewide to meet a surge of out-of-state patients
CHAMPAIGN – Doctors began performing abortions on patients at the renovated Planned Parenthood clinic in Champaign earlier this month. But on Wednesday morning, the doctors
How COVID reignited turf wars among doctors, nurses and other health workers
Who is allowed to care for patients? And when, where and how can they do it? Those questions have been the focus of more than
Truth Test: 13th congressional district candidates clash on lowering prescription prices and capping insulin costs
Both congressional candidates in Illinois’ 13th district — Republican Regan Deering and Democrat Nikki Budzinski — say they support lowering prescription prices and capping the
WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times Poll: More than half of Illinois voters want abortion to stay legal
CHICAGO — As states around the country adopt stricter restrictions on abortion with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, more than half of Illinois voters
Patients flock to Metro East clinics as other states ban abortions
GRANITE CITY — On a Friday morning in June, Dr. Erin King was working with patients at the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City
Abortion and COVID-19 are among the many dividing lines for 13th Congressional candidates
URBANA — The two women running for Congress to represent Illinois’ 13th Congressional District differ in their approaches to abortion, the COVID-19 pandemic and more.
The challenge of finding abortion care when laws can change day to day
LOUISVILLE, Kent. — At the Kentucky Health Justice Network, calls have doubled over the past several months – up to 50 a week. The organization
One state’s plan to push low-income health insurance beyond traditional health care
SACRAMENTO, Ca. — Jacey Cooper is the director of Medicaid in California, and she’s never been afraid of big challenges. She commuted two hours each
Concerns for safety rise as oversight of Illinois prison mental health care ends
An independent expert who has monitored the mental health care was terminated reducing the transparency around an often failing system. CHICAGO — The Illinois Department
Champaign Planned Parenthood prepares for protesters after expanding abortion services
CHAMPAIGN – In response to bans in neighboring states, the Planned Parenthood clinic located in Champaign is now providing in-patient, surgical abortions. Clinic staff expect
