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Chicago Is Ground Zero as Illinois Strips Medicaid From Legal Immigrants: Key Facts for Affected Families

Illinois cut Medicaid for ~9,300 legal immigrants today under H.R. 1. Who lost coverage, what the law changed, and what to do now.

Latin Times · Oct 1

Tuberculosis Is Surging in Chicago — A Disease the World Thought It Had Under Control

Illinois recorded 353 active tuberculosis cases in 2023, with 154 concentrated in Chicago alone. Experts call what's happening now a "rebound effect" from COVID-era disruptions — and preliminary data suggests 2025 case counts may have climbed another 10 to 20 percent nationally. The question is why city and state officials…

Medical Daily · May 26

Masks are back in Chicago-area health care settings

Some Chicago-area health care systems are again requiring visitors to mask up to help mitigate recent spreading of respiratory viruses, mainly influenza, COVID-19 and RSV. Rush is the latest to bring back masks.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 3, 2024

Clouds looming: Cook County is bracing for a financial storm to hit efforts to provide health care to migrants

About nine months into operating the clinic for asylum seekers, Cook County Health is facing at least a $40 million drop in revenue this year. A number of financial woes are colliding.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2023

From heroes to ‘zeroes’: Cook County Health workers say they’re getting crumbs as jobs are filled with private contractors

About 100 Cook County Health workers and their supporters rallied in protest Friday outside Stroger Hospital.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2023

Spread the word on how to renew Medicaid coverage

Federal estimates shows up to 15 million people — 700,00 here in Illinois — could be dis-enrolled from Medicaid when continuous enrollment ends. We need to make sure people have the information they need to keep their coverage.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 17, 2023

Probe of nonprofit halts millions in HIV, COVID research funds at Cook County Health

Research staff of CORE Center in Chicago may lose their jobs as Cook County investigates a nonprofit that handles grants that have funded landmark medical research.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2023

Wiping out medical debt in Cook County health system isn’t simple

As Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle publicly talks of abolishing medical debt, the public health system she controls continues to create barriers and force people to choose between health care and paying bills.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2023

As monkeypox cases plateau, Chicago suspending large-scale vaccination drives

Cook County Health hasn’t diagnosed anyone with monkeypox in four days, officials there say.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 30, 2022

Cook County Health struggling to fill thousands of jobs

Wait times are “appalling,” one board members says with a quarter of the jobs at the safety net health system open and staff morale low.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2022