Illinois stands to lose about $48 billion in federal funding for Medicaid over 10 years, according to KFF, a nonprofit ...

Illinois’ top public health official, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, will leave Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration days after the second anniversary of the coronavirus being declared a pandemic, a major ...

Dr. Sameer Vohra, a Springfield pediatrician, will still need approval from the state Senate to become the permanent replacement for former Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who retired as the state’s ...

“The numbers of cases are increasing each day, as is the number of locations,” said Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Illinois Department of Public Health director.