National HIV Testing Day
June 28, 2012
Peter McLoyd, Consumer Development and Advocacy Coordinator, at the CORE Center, one of the six agencies of the Cook County Health explains that modern testing is quick, easy and painless. Ruth…
HIT makeover, public health style
June 27, 2012
How do you measure a makeover? In this case, neither by the blueness of the eye shadow, nor the height of the heels. Cook County Health (CCH) wholly reconditioned its…
Cook County Department of Public Health Urges Area Residents To Stay Cool and be Safe!
June 26, 2012
Enjoy the outdoors this summer – just stay cool and be safe! Officials offer summer outdoor safety tips to help you and your family have a safe and healthy summer.…
Much at stake in Illinois and beyond with Pending ‘Obamacare’ Ruling
June 20, 2012
After a decade-long battle to contain his HIV, Chicago graphic designer Will Wilson views President Barack Obama’s landmark health-care law as a “big ray of hope” that could be lost…
A Word to Preckwinkle’s Choices
June 20, 2012
In 2008, when we first met Warren Batts, he had just signed on to lead a new panel that oversees Cook County’s health and hospitals system. Batts, a Navy veteran…
‘Boss’ wrapping up 2nd season
June 19, 2012
A CTOR Kelsey (“Frasier”) Grammer’s filming of his hit Chicago-based series “Boss,” in which he plays the role of Tom Kane, a ruthless Chi-Town mayor, will wrap up shooting for its second season July…
Public health system courts Rauner to fund foundation
June 18, 2012
The Cook County hospital system is wooing investor Bruce Rauner for a gift of more than $10 million, as the cash-strapped public health care network tries to enter the crowded…
On the front lines of city’s violence
June 17, 2012
By the time paramedics wheeled Daniel Dilce into Stroger Hospital’s busy trauma unit early Sunday, there was little doctors could do to save his life. Blood leaked from the 35-year-old’s…
Governor Quinn Signs Law to Save Medicaid
June 14, 2012
Governor Pat Quinn today signed into law a package of reforms that will rescue the state’s Medicaid system from the brink of collapse and make the program sustainable for the…
County Health Struggle moves to Springfield
May 21, 2012
Springfield has its allure — it must, right? People live there. They can’t all be trapped by cruel circumstance. Among visitors, however, there are only two attitudes toward the state…