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• Affordable Care Act marketplace to reopen in Illinois
• As US nears 500,000 COVID-19 deaths, weary health care workers fight on amid the heartbreak
• Astra Pauses Covid Vaccine Trial After Unexplained Illness
• Avoid Toxic Drug Combinations This Flu Season
• Biden health nominee faces first Senate test
• Biden picks Brooks-LaSure to run Medicare, Medicaid agency
• Biden remembers 500,000 American lives lost to COVID-19
• Black Chicagoans Struggle To Get Access To The COVID-19 Vaccine
• Bradley University orders all students to quarantine for 2 weeks due to coronavirus cases
• C.D.C. Announces $200 Million ‘Down Payment’ to Track Virus Variants
• Christopher Jessup Joins Illinois Health and Hospital Association
• City targets vulnerable communities for mass COVID vaccinations; any local over 18 eligible
• Editorial: Gov. Pritzker should veto unfair legislation that will drive up product, health costs
• Editorial: Another potential hit to Illinois businesses
• FDA Outlines Fast Path for Shots Against New Virus Variants
• FDA says Johnson & Johnson vaccine meets requirements for authorization
• Federal Judge Dismisses Hospital Groups’ Lawsuit Against HHS Over 340B Drug Feud
• Hospitals, Doctors and Nurses Plead: “Don’t Let Your Guard Down. Keep Your Mask Up”
• How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisis
• IHA Daily Briefing: Feb. 11
• IHA Daily Briefing: Feb. 12
• IHA Daily Briefing: Feb. 16
• IHA Daily Briefing: Feb. 17
• IHA Daily Briefing: Feb. 18
• IHA Daily Briefing: Feb. 19
• IHA Daily Briefing: Feb. 22
• IHA Daily Briefing: Feb. 23
• Illinois bill would ensure access to telehealth after pandemic
• Illinois closing in on one million vaccines administered
• Illinois Health and Hospital Association Elects New Board
• Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems Infuse MORE THAN $100 BILLION ANNUALLY Into the State’s Econom
• Imposing added burdens
• Johnson & Johnson says it can provide 20M vaccine doses by late March
• Johnson & Johnson vaccine 72% effective in U.S. trial
• Karen Teitelbaum to Chair 2021 Illinois Health and Hospital Association Board
• Lockport Man is 10,000th COVID-19 Vaccine Recipient at Silver Cross
• Mayor’s office touts ‘major improvements’ in equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccine
• Leading Business and Health Care Groups Urge Safe Holiday Celebrations
• IHA Statement on Governor Pritzker's Action Today to Mitigate COVID-19 Surge
• Jordan Powell Joining IHA to Lead on Health Policy and Finance
• MAPS PSO Presents Patient Safety Champion Award to DuPage Medical Group
• IHA Chief Says Vaccine Delivery ‘on Track' to Illinois County Health Departments
• Op-ed: Dr. Ngozi Ezike: We are moving fast, but there is not enough vaccine
• Pritzker expects state vaccine deliveries to reach 500,000 next week
• Pritzker outlines $41.6 billion budget with flat spending
• State prepares to expand Phase 1B eligibility beginning Thursday
• Statement from IHA Re: Hospital and Healthcare Transformation – Senate Bill 1510
• Statement from IHA Re: Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch
• Coronavirus patients still had lung damage, breathlessness, weeks after leaving hospital: report
• Coronavirus Positivity Rate Declines Across Most Of Illinois
• COVID-19 cases rise in U.S. Midwest and Northeast, deaths fall for third week
• Doctors studying why obesity may be tied to serious COVID-19
• Edward Hospital's Coronavirus Numbers Back In Double Digits
• IHA Statement on Health Disparities
• Healthcare Providers, Advocates Urge General Assembly to Protect Telehealth
• IHA Letter re: Graduated Income Tax Proposal
• Half a million US children have tested positive for coronavirus
• House calls for the homeless with OSF street nursing program
• IHA Opinion: Hospitals Committed to Serving Everyone
• Illinois DPH: 1,392 new COVID-19 cases, including 7 additional deaths
• Illinois Poison Center Leader Named President-Elect of AAPCC
• Lawsuit seeks halt to planned strike of University of Illinois Hospital nurses
• Lowest positive COVID-19 test rate since July ‘definitely encouraging,’ but officials give warning
• Mental Health Providers Take Steps To Meet Growing Need During The Pandemic
• More than half a million healthcare workers don't have health insurance
• NPR Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic 'Much, Much Worse' Than Expected
• Pharma CEOs Counter Trump By Promising Safety Over Shortcuts In Coronavirus Vaccine Development
• Pritzkers highlight impact of pandemic relief fund as private fund winds down
• Senate to vote Thursday on GOP coronavirus bill
• Sturgis Motorcycle Rally linked to 20% of US coronavirus cases in August: researchers
• Thousands of Chicagoans receive COVID vaccine at UIC arena; nursing and medical students pitch in
• UChicago's Center For Asian Health Equity Awarded $4.25M CDC Grant To Prevent Colorectal Cancer
• IHA Statement on IDPH Emergency Rules on Face Coverings
• Illinois Hospital and Health Systems Showcase Quality Improvement Initiatives
• Illinois Business and Healthcare Groups Encourage Use of Face Masks to Save Lives, Protect Jobs
• Health Care Organizations Speak Out Against Legal Challenge to Stay-at-Home Order
• Help Us Help You: A Message From Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems During COVID-19 Pandemic
• Hospitals Take Huge Financial Hits Because Of COVID-19
• Illinois Hospitals Issue Plea for Medical Supplies
• Holiday Plants Are Not on the Menu
• Illinois Health and Hospital Association Elects New Board
• Illinois’ Rural Hospitals Celebrate National Rural Health Day
• IPC Cleaning Product Exposures Up 30%
• Telehealth Legislation Protects Virtual Healthcare Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic
• MAPS PSO Presents Patient Safety Champion Award to a Rush Copley Medical Center Employee
• IHA Honors Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems for Quality Initiatives with Significant Impact
• Is That a Mouse In Your House?
• MAPS PSO Releases White Paper on Top 10 Patient Safety Issues for 2020
• Please Do Not Eat Disinfectant
• State Of Illinois’ Coronavirus Hotline Fields Myriad Of Calls With Questions, Concerns
• Summer Plants: Safe or Not?
• Comprehensive Medicaid Managed Care Reform Legislation Will Strengthen Illinois Medicaid Program
• IHA Innovation Challenge: Partners in Progress Award Presented
• Illinois Hospital Leaders to Showcase Quality Improvement Initiatives at the State Capitol
• Illinois Hospital Leaders Urge Legislative Action on Needed Medicaid Managed Care Reforms
• Karen Harris Named IHA Senior Vice President and General Counsel
• March is Illinois Poison Prevention Month
• IHA Elects New Board
• IHA Statement on Texas District Court Ruling on the ACA
• IHA's Longest Serving Employee Retires
• Illinois Poison Center Warns About "Silent Killer" in Homes
• MAPS PSO Presents Patient Safety Champion Award
• Sarah Macchiarola Named IHA Vice President, Federal Government Relations
• Statement from A.J. Wilhelmi Re: Illinois Supreme Court Ruling in Oswald v. Beard
• Statement from A.J. Wilhelmi: Federal Approval of Redesigned Hospital Assessment Program
• Veto House Bill 3360
• Where are Illinois' vaccines, congressmen ask feds
• With Schools Starting Online, Vaccinations Head for Recess