A new ChicagoSpeaks survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago offers insight into Chicagoans’ financial pressures, concerns of job loss and the inability to pay bills, along with the role of federal safety net programs like SNAP and Medicaid.

With Medicaid work requirements set to go into effect in the new year, local healthcare providers are bracing for a sharp increase in the number of uninsured patients.

Early testing is a key component to preventing lead poisoning in children, according to health officials. Testing events will be held at daycares, schools, libraries, places of worship and community organizations on the South Side over the next two years.

Questions that have been proposed for removal deal with memory, fatigue, arthritis, difficulty walking and climbing stairs, as well as others about the use of hearing aids, canes, wheelchairs and scooters.

Illinois has erased over $1.4 billion in medical debt for almost 700,000 Illinoisans for pennies on the dollar, two years after launching a new relief program.

Pope Leo XIV’s cancer diagnosis has been met with an outpouring of support from Catholics around the globe, praying for a quick and painless recovery.

The combined health systems, if approved, would operate under the Rush name, according to an announcement. Together, the unified system would have more than 46,000 employees and serve more than 2 million patients annually, according to the hospitals.

Tests confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin after the surgery. It said the diagnosis had been suspected by preoperative tests and was confirmed during surgery.

Pope Leo XIV announced Sunday he will undergo surgery “in the coming days” to remove a nodule on his lung, in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate.

Federal officials and addiction specialists in the Chicago area are sounding the alarm on a highly potent and addictive drug that can be found at gas stations and vape shops amid a crackdown effort by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

“It’s an invisible harm a lot of times,” said Melissa Schuch, senior director of development at Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center. “You may not see bruises or physical signs of abuse. It can fly under the radar and a lot of people just aren’t aware that it’s happening around them.”

he Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.

Changes to Medicaid eligibility take effect Thursday, impacting about 9,300 lawfully present immigrants in Illinois. Refugees, survivors of human trafficking and people who have been granted asylum are among those no longer covered.

While the risk to Illinois residents remains “very low,” according to IDPH, health officials are reminding residents to make sure they are vaccinated against the disease in order to protect themselves and their loved ones.

Insight Health Systems reached a deal last week to purchase both Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown and West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park after both shuttered following years of reported mismanagement and poor structural conditions.

The city’s street psychiatry pilot program is administered by teams of specialized healthcare workers who engage with people at shelters, parks, encampments, CTA transit areas and other community locations.