The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Chicago, IL, Dec. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the New Year approaches, Cook County Health proudly reflects on a ...

Enrollees in Cook County's government-run Medicaid insurance plan may soon have fewer options for where they can get some complicated surgeries. There are more than 300,000 people enrolled in ...

Cook County Health CEO Dr. Jay Shannon has repeatedly sounded the alarm on the climbing amount of medical care the government-run health system provides for no pay. The tab of so-called uncompensated ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Cook County Public Health has confirmed a third measles case. Health officials announced Tuesday that the ...

Cook County Health, a safety-net hospital in Chicago, partnered with Medicare Advantage plan MoreCare to offer benefits to eligible residents in Cook County, the health system said Oct. 10. More than ...

Leaders of Cook County’s hospital system say they’re expecting to see more and sicker patients in their emergency rooms and urgent care settings, following the expiration of subsidies for people ...

Cook County Health trauma staff, former trauma patients and Cook County leaders join the health system to recognize the 60th ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker met with Cook County health officials Tuesday to announce a $1.8 billion in erased medical debt for residents through a state program. Combined with a ...

The Cook County Department of Public Health is warning of possible measles exposures in Mount Prospect and other parts of the Northwest suburbs. The virus can remain in the air for up to two hours ...