Addressing health disparities requires the education, training, and deployment of medical professionals that represent ...

Dr. Ngozi Ezike, then the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, is pictured at a news conference in Gov. JB Pritzker’s office. (Capitol News Illinois file photo) Former ...

Ezike violated the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act’s “revolving door” provision in 2022 by accepting a job as CEO of Sinai Chicago, a hospital based on Chicago’s West side.

CHICAGO — Former Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who led state health policy during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, will pay a $150,000 fine for violating a ...

A former state official who oversaw cannabis regulation policy was fined $100,000 for violating Illinois’ revolving-door ethics law.

Hospitals are also seeing higher uncompensated care as individuals lose Medicaid coverage or decide not to purchase health insurance. If there are changes to the health insurance exchanges, more ...

Chicago's efforts to fight opioid overdoses show early promise. Crain’s health care reporter Katherine Davis discusses with ...

Who’s who in Chicago? Crain’s editor Ann Dwyer talks with host Amy Guth about the list of local power players and how the ...