Lisa Schencker

Ascension and Prime want to close Ascension St. Elizabeth, a hospital on the city’s West Side, according to an application the systems filed with the state review board.

The first Illinois resident to die of West Nile virus this year was a Lake County resident who succumbed to the disease earlier this month, the state health department announced Tuesday.

University of Illinois Chicago's pharmacy school is getting a new name, after receiving a $36 million endowment gift from the estate of late Chicago pharmacy owners Herbert and Carol Retzky.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking North Chicago-based drugmaker AbbVie to task, warning in a recent letter that a migraine medication commercial featuring Serena Williams is “misleading.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking North Chicago-based drugmaker AbbVie to task, warning in a recent letter that a migraine medication commercial featuring Serena Williams is “misleading.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking North Chicago-based drugmaker AbbVie to task, warning in a recent letter that a migraine medication commercial featuring Serena Williams is “misleading.”

The former leader of Outcome Health – who was recently sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for his role in fraud at the company – will remain out of prison, on bail, pending his appeal, a federal judge decided Monday.

The case was originally brought by a whistleblower, who will receive $9.9 million as part of the settlement.

A former executive at Outcome Health – who was the star witness against his bosses in a trial last year – was sentenced to seven months in prison

CHICAGO — A former executive at Outcome Health – who was the star witness against his bosses in a trial last year – was sentenced to seven months