Topics In Press Release

• ‘Virus decides’ when to reopen US, Fauci says; no travel for Easter; deaths surpass 16,000
• 1,100 Hospitals Press HHS to Enforce 340B Pricing
• 10 ACOs with the most shared savings in 2019
• 25 years wiped out in 25 weeks: Pandemic sets the world back decades.
• 30 Illinois Counties At Warning Level For Coronavirus Disease
• A Pandemic Upshot: Seniors Are Having Second Thoughts About Where to Live
• Activists call for alternative Cook County ‘Budget for Black Lives’
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital to pay Park Ridge $1.9 million in agreement over parking
• Almost 2 Million Fewer U.S. Teenagers Are Vaping Now Compared to Last Year, CDC Data Show
• Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, School Nurses Are On The Front Lines Of Reopening Schools Safely
• Anti-inflammatory drug may shorten COVID-19 recovery time
• As Americans brace for 2nd wave of COVID-19, here's why experts predict more infections but lower de
• As states lift restaurant restrictions, CDC report links dining out to increased COVID-19 risk
• As they focused on others with COVID-19 and refused to walk away
• Astra Pauses Covid Vaccine Trial After Unexplained Illness
• AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine trial set to resume in Britain, company says
• Black Chicagoans Die 9 Years Before White Residents. The City Has A New Plan To Confront Racism
• Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus unveils $2 trillion coronavirus bill
• Black Women Turn to Midwives to Avoid COVID and ‘Feel Cared For’
• Bradley University orders all students to quarantine for 2 weeks due to coronavirus cases
• CDC director says face masks may provide more protection than coronavirus vaccine
• Chicago City Council Votes to Ban Sale of Flavored Vaping Products
• Chicago Names Community Groups That Will Hire COVID-19 Contact Tracers
• Chicago’s census count lags behind as deadline approaches
• Christopher Jessup Joins Illinois Health and Hospital Association
• Citing Stakeholder Concerns, CMS Withdraws the MFAR
• City health chief cites ‘real progress’ in COVID-19 battle among groups hit the hardest
• Confused by COVID case counts? Here's why numbers vary, says public health official
• Congress starts its weekend no closer to a coronavirus deal
• Cook County Health Officials Helping Patients Register To Vote In The E.R.
• Coronavirus patients still had lung damage, breathlessness, weeks after leaving hospital: report
• Coronavirus Positivity Rate Declines Across Most Of Illinois
• Coronavirus positivity rate shows decline in most Illinois regions
• Corticosteroids to treat severe cases of COVID-19: 'It does confirm what we've been doing'
• COVID-19 cases rise in U.S. Midwest and Northeast, deaths fall for third week
• COVID-19 positivity rate for Region 4 in southwest Illinois rises a 6th straight day
• Covid-19’s Toll on Mental Health
• Doctors studying why obesity may be tied to serious COVID-19
• During COVID, B-N Health Experts Say Flu Shot Is 'More Important Than Ever'
• During COVID-19 forum, West Side survivors urge others to take virus seriously
• Edward Hospital's Coronavirus Numbers Back In Double Digits
• Emotional arguments project hope and fear as voters set to decide
• Election Gift for Florida? Trump Poised to Approve Drug Imports From Canada
• Experts worry as US virus restrictions are eased or violated
• Experts: COVID Adds to Risk Factors for Suicide
• Fauci says it may take more than a year to return to 'a degree of normality'
• Federal officials unveil plan to provide free coronavirus vaccine
• Feds ‘commandeered’ COVID-19 testing supplies ordered by Loyola and Illinois State to detect virus
• Gov. Pritzker visits Normal to discuss 2020 census
• Half a million US children have tested positive for coronavirus
• Health matters: Telehealth, the future of medicine, now. Or is it?
• Health officials are quitting or getting fired amid outbreak
• Healthcare, industry forge new supply chains in the fight against COVID-19
• Homicides in Cook County are already past all of last year
• Hospitals ask appeals court to overturn 340B program cuts
• IHA Daily Briefing: Sept. 16
• IHA Daily Briefing: Sept. 17
• House calls for the homeless with OSF street nursing program
• House will stay until coronavirus aid deal, Pelosi says
• How do hospitals educate patients about vaccination? 3 hospital execs weigh in
• How hospital administrators were implicated in a right-wing COVID-19 conspiracy
• Hundreds of Children Are Stuck in Psychiatric Hospitals Each Year Despite the State’s Promises
• IDPH Publishes New COVID-19 Cases Among Young People, Data For 'School Determination'
• IHA Daily Briefing: Sept 10
• IHA Daily Briefing: Sept 11
• IHA Daily Briefing: Sept 14
• IHA Daily Briefing: Sept 15
• IHA Daily Briefing: Sept 9
• IHA Daily Briefing: Sept. 8
• IHA Opinion: Hospitals Committed to Serving Everyone
• Illinois Department of Public Health issues grant for COVID-19 testing to Jackson County Health dept
• Illinois DPH: 1,392 new COVID-19 cases, including 7 additional deaths
• Illinois Poison Center Leader Named President-Elect of AAPCC
• Illinois records another 25 COVID-19 deaths, 2,056 more infected
• In a career born in her own grief, violence recovery specialist works at a Chicago hospital
• It Will Take More Than a Vaccine to Beat COVID-19
• Kane County seeing rise in COVID-19 cases among school-aged children
• Kids at day care spread COVID-19 to parents and teachers, CDC says
• 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
• Majority of kids who die of coronavirus are Hispanic, Black, or Native American, CDC finds
• Mental Health Providers Take Steps To Meet Growing Need During The Pandemic
• MetroSouth Hospital Was Revived as a COVID-19 Alternate Care Facility
• Moderna releases coronavirus vaccine trial plan as enrollment pushes toward 30,000
• More than 4,000 University of Illinois health system workers go on strike, joining nurses
• More than 800 nurses at University of Illinois Hospital go on strike
• More than half a million healthcare workers don't have health insurance
• National healthcare scorecard: Where does your state rank?
• Nearly 8 million people may get a piece of $2.7 billion in health insurance rebates this year
• New COVID-19 Testing Sites In Springfield, Decatur
• Northwestern Medicine set sights on Bronzeville
• Northwestern Medicine, Palos Health eye merger
• NPR Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic 'Much, Much Worse' Than Expected
• Officials: 500,000 counterfeit N95 masks seized in Chicago
• OSF celebrates retirement of husband and wife who worked at the healthcare center
• OSF Children’s Hospital NICU part of nationwide read-a-thon
• Over half of coronavirus-infected pregnant women showed no symptoms, CDC report says
• Pharma CEOs Counter Trump By Promising Safety Over Shortcuts In Coronavirus Vaccine Development
• Poll: Pandemic takes toll on mental health of young adults
• Prescription discount program under threat
• Pritzker nixes fall youth sports, urges COVID-19 sacrifice
• Pritzker orders agencies to start looking at cuts
• Pritzker talks vaccine, contact tracing, university spread
• Pritzker, Ezike and Arwady talk about the COVID-19 pandemic at 6 months, and look ahead
• Pritzker: Rising COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois are 'problematic'
• Pritzkers highlight impact of pandemic relief fund as private fund winds down
• Private Insurers Paid Hospitals 241% of What Medicare Would Have
• Sangamon County reports 44th COVID-related death; Greene, Morgan, Cass counties go to ‘warning list’
• The Fair Tax Amendment: Why the ‘Illinois Exodus’ could be a red herring
• Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing
• Senate Republicans shrug off Trump’s call for larger Covid-19 relief measure
• Senate to vote Thursday on GOP coronavirus bill
• Severe coronavirus more deadly than heart attacks among young adults: study
• Silent spreaders and long haulers. Aerosols and protocols. 10 things science has learned about COVID
• Some Urban Hospitals Face Closure Or Cutbacks As The Pandemic Adds To Fiscal Woes
• Southwest suburban Palos Health to join Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
• Speak softly and scatter fewer coronavirus particles, say researchers
• State reports 35 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,941 new cases
• Study hints Covid-19 may have been in the US as early as December
• Sturgis Motorcycle Rally linked to 20% of US coronavirus cases in August: researchers
• Survey: Number of uninsured Americans increased in 2019
• SwedishAmerican’s Emergency Room treats more gunshot wound victims
• The coronavirus has killed at least 121 young people in the U.S., mostly minorities, CDC says
• The first COVID-19 patients in Illinois faced stigma, bigotry.
• The Great Unequalizer
• Their View: Mercyhealth is 100% committed to the Rockford region
• Thousands of Rapid Covid-19 Testing Devices Now at Nursing Homes
• Top Health Officials Vow COVID-19 Vaccine Will be 'Safe' and Without 'Shortcuts'
• Tough to Tell COVID From Smoke Inhalation Symptoms — And Flu Season’s Coming
• Trump Claims Long-Promised Obamacare Replacement Is ‘All Ready’
• Trump disputes health officials, sees mass vaccinations soon
• Trump order on drug prices faces long road to finish line
• Trump Signs New Executive Order On Prescription Drug Prices
• UChicago's Center For Asian Health Equity Awarded $4.25M CDC Grant To Prevent Colorectal Cancer
• Vaccine Makers Keep Safety Details Quiet, Alarming Scientists
• Virus bill blocked in Senate as prospects dim for new relief
• IHA Statement on IDPH Emergency Rules on Face Coverings
• No federal relief leaves states, cities facing big deficits
• Republican Leader Urges Chicago to Bring in National Guard, Lightfoot Says No
• Second round of looting puts Chicago at a crossroads
• U.S. governors question cost of Trump COVID-19 aid plans, urge talks to continue
• IHA Statement on Health Disparities
• Illinois Hospital and Health Systems Showcase Quality Improvement Initiatives
• A Suburban Chicago Hospital System Can Now Test For COVID-19
• A thank you to Gov. Pritzker
• Illinois Business and Healthcare Groups Encourage Use of Face Masks to Save Lives, Protect Jobs
• Big crowds on first day of COVID-19 testing facility in Aurora
• Chicago Hospital Sues Illinois Over Medicaid Pay ‘Crisis’
• Congress, White House reach high for next virus bill
• Coronavirus patients rush to join studies of Gilead drug
• Coronavirus shakes the conceit of ‘American exceptionalism’
• DuPage/Will cases now exceed 1,420, city cases hit 57, food drive and to help those facing hardships
• Elective medical procedures now allowed under Pritzker's modified order
• Federal judge orders new safety policies at Cook County Jail but refuses to release inmates
• Governor extends Illinois stay-at-home order to May 30
• Health Care Organizations Speak Out Against Legal Challenge to Stay-at-Home Order
• Heartland Community College donates supplies to local hospitals
• Help Us Help You: A Message From Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems During COVID-19 Pandemic
• Hospital EBITDA Margins Fell 13 Percentage Points Year-over-Year in March
• Hospitals Take Huge Financial Hits Because Of COVID-19
• What Is the Risk of Catching the Coronavirus on a Plane?
• While income in the US rose in 2019, so did the uninsured
• WHO says sepsis causes 20% of global deaths
• HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Receives Donation From Ford Motor Company
• Illinois Hospitals Issue Plea for Medical Supplies
• Illinois Latinos surpass African Americans in coronavirus cases
• Illinois officials say the state is hitting its COVID-19 peak — and that’s actually good news
• Holiday Plants Are Not on the Menu
• Illinois Health and Hospital Association Elects New Board
• Illinois’ Rural Hospitals Celebrate National Rural Health Day
• Illinois’ stay-at-home order will extend through May 31, require masks in public due to coronavirus
• IPC Cleaning Product Exposures Up 30%
• Leaders in counties with worst COVID-19 death rates say measures go too far: ‘They was dying anyway’
• Local federal courts donate protective gear to health care workers
• 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?
• Doctors Argue Plans To Remedy Surprise Medical Bills Will ‘Shred’ The Safety Net
• MAPS PSO Releases White Paper on Top 10 Patient Safety Issues for 2020
• Medicaid managed care reforms signed into law
• Mental health providers turn to telemedicine to counsel patients during pandemic
• NAL donates face shields for hospitals
• New data on Gilead’s remdesivir, released by accident, show no benefit for COVID-19
• New Task Force Will Plan Chicago’s Economic Recovery From Coronavirus
• Please Do Not Eat Disinfectant
• Post-pandemic recovery depends on ‘a whole new class of jobs’ to help people feel safe in public
• Postponed elective surgeries one reason Chicago area hospitals not overwhelmed during COVID-19
• Pritzker addresses stay-at-home order changes, church’s planned gathering
• Pritzker Administration Behind On Hiring Spree To Tackle Medicaid Application Backlog
• Pritzker says Illinois may be ‘bending the curve,’ but crowd limits likely last into summer
• Pritzker: Start thinking about a summer with no festivals
• Rate of deaths, illness among black residents alarms cities
• Some doctors says they believe patients are staying away from hospitals, fearing COVID-19
• St. Louis County COVID-19 deaths jump 19% Tuesday as toll rises in Missouri, Illinois
• State Of Illinois’ Coronavirus Hotline Fields Myriad Of Calls With Questions, Concerns
• State Takes Over Elgin Overflow Hospital Thursday: Officials
• Suicides of two health care workers hint at the Covid-19 mental health crisis to come
• Summer Plants: Safe or Not?
• Trump EPA still hasn’t told thousands of Americans about cancer risks from ethylene oxide
• Trump says IG report finding hospital shortages is 'just wrong'
• Trump says US will be able to run 5 million COVID-19 tests per day very soon despite shortages
• Trump says virus testing ‘not a problem,’ but doubts persist
• 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
• Why hospitals don't treat everyone equally
• Why the U.S. Still Has a Severe Shortage of Medical Supplies
• Why Wisconsin Isn't Being Added to Chicago's Quarantine List Just Yet
• With 65 new free testing sites added, Illinois has run nearly 100K coronavirus tests in past week
• With No Legal Guardrails for Patients, Ambulances Drive Surprise Medical Billing
• With Schools Starting Online, Vaccinations Head for Recess
• Your Face Mask Could Serve As A Crude Coronavirus Vaccine -- Until A Real Vaccine Is Available