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• "We have to act now": Biden outlines economic rescue legislative package
• Astra Pauses Covid Vaccine Trial After Unexplained Illness
• Avoid Toxic Drug Combinations This Flu Season
• Biden Picks Former F.D.A. Chief to Lead Federal Vaccine Efforts
• Biden's Plan To Release More Vaccine Is A Gamble. Is It Worth The Risk?
• Bradley University orders all students to quarantine for 2 weeks due to coronavirus cases
• Chicago expands next round of vaccinations to residents 65 or older
• Chicago opening more COVID-19 vaccination sites as city prepares to ramp up distribution
• Chicago relaxes travel advisory
• Chicago’s affluent zip codes have higher vaccination rates than poorer ones
• Christopher Jessup Joins Illinois Health and Hospital Association
• COVID-19 Vaccines continue to roll out
• Essential workers, 360K residents 65+ could face long wait for COVID vaccines, health official says
• Hamilton Memorial Hospital to get new roof thanks to USDA funding
• Healthcare Sheds 502K Jobs in 2020
• HHS says drugmakers must provide 340B discounts to contract pharmacies
• Hospital Prices Just Got a Lot More Transparent. What Does This Mean for You?
• Hospitals, Doctors and Nurses Plead: “Don’t Let Your Guard Down. Keep Your Mask Up”
• IDPH Posts COVID-19 Vaccination Data: Illinois Has Distributed 869,625 Vaccines
• IHA Daily Briefing: Jan. 11
• IHA Daily Briefing: Jan. 13
• IHA Daily Briefing: Jan. 14
• IHA Daily Briefing: Jan. 12
• IHA Daily Briefing: Jan. 5
• IHA Daily Briefing: Jan. 6
• IHA Daily Briefing: Jan. 7
• IHA Daily Briefing: Jan. 8
• IHA Daily Briefing: Jan. 4
• Illinois Health and Hospital Association Elects New Board
• Illinois lawmakers advance legislation to end Medicaid managed care
• Illinois once again averaging 6,000-plus new COVID-19 cases daily
• Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems Infuse MORE THAN $100 BILLION ANNUALLY Into the State’s Econom
• Karen Teitelbaum to Chair 2021 Illinois Health and Hospital Association Board
• Leading Business and Health Care Groups Urge Safe Holiday Celebrations
• Lightfoot extends stay-home advisory to Jan. 22, same as state mandate
• New $150 million state fund to address health care disparities: ‘It’s literally going to save lives’
• IHA Statement on Governor Pritzker's Action Today to Mitigate COVID-19 Surge
• Jordan Powell Joining IHA to Lead on Health Policy and Finance
• Positivity rate back down to Christmas levels as Illinois logs 6,652 new cases, 88 more deaths
• Pregnant or postpartum Black women 45% more likely to die in hospital, higher risk of heart problems
• MAPS PSO Presents Patient Safety Champion Award to DuPage Medical Group
• Pritzker to announce this week when vaccine will be available to people 65 and older
• IHA Chief Says Vaccine Delivery ‘on Track' to Illinois County Health Departments
• SIU researchers discover new, dominant variant of US COVID-19 virus
• Some at-risk older Chicagoans could start getting vaccines next week says public health commissioner
• Statement from IHA Re: Hospital and Healthcare Transformation – Senate Bill 1510
• Statewide rolling COVID-19 positivity rate hits one month below 10%
• 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
• Healthcare Providers, Advocates Urge General Assembly to Protect Telehealth
• IHA Letter re: Graduated Income Tax Proposal
• U.S. to require negative COVID-19 tests for arriving international air passengers
• US cancer deaths hit ‘single-year record drop,’ American Cancer Society says
• Welch elected House speaker; Black Caucus agenda achieves victories
• What does Northwest Community HealthCare-NorthShore merger mean for patients?
• Why hospitals are vaccinating employees who don't care for patients
• 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
• 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
• IHA Statement on Health Disparities
• 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%
• 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
• 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
• With Schools Starting Online, Vaccinations Head for Recess