OSF HealthCare has officially unveiled a new ICU expansion at St. Joseph Medical Center. This additional space houses more beds, bigger rooms, updated technology and a unique layout for the staff.

Mifepristone, a drug used in medical abortion, has come under threat by the Trump administration in recent months. The widely used abortion bill is still legal. It survived a court challenge last year, but state Rep. Dagmara Avelar said she is concerned that reproductive health care remains under attack.

The bill’s passage comes a year after APM Reports revealed that dozens of hospitals violated the 49-year-old law.

The City of Bloomington’s proposal to place higher fees on massage establishments and adult-oriented businesses as a way to suppress human trafficking is on hold, at least for two weeks.

Home Sweet Home Ministries will present a grant proposal Monday that, if approved, would cover almost half the money needed to build a proposed shelter village for the unhoused in Bloomington called The Bridge.

The hospital network plans to expand behavioral health services in Urbana, relocating cardiovascular surgeons and specialists to OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.

Hundreds of workers will lose their jobs as Champaign-based Health Alliance plans to cease operations by the end of the year.

First responders and other community members got a new perspective on caring for those with dementia during a recent Virtual Dementia Tour event in Normal.

U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen is urging the public to call Republican lawmakers to protest proposed cuts to food aid and health insurance programs for lower income people.

The end of May sees the celebration of Memorial Day, the last days of the school year and, for parents and families, the start of the swimming season. A new partnership from the City of Bloomington aims to educate the public on water safety before diving headfirst into the pool.