Senior leadership from the Bloomington-Normal YMCA traveled to Washington, D.C. to join the national coalition's advocacy days. YMCA wants full funding for childcare funding and health promotions, among other priorities. At home, the BN YMCA is hoping to expand its services.

Despite local and national struggles of the health care industry, Dr. Robert Cavagnol, new president of Carle Health's central region, hopes to continue making advances at the Bloomington-Normal health care provider.

In a partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, three ISU professors want to provide community resources surrounding support for caregivers of those with dementia with a screening of the film "Caregiving" at the Normal Theater on Monday night.

Cancer survivor Erica Austin, of Springfield, is Illinois' ambassador for VOICES of Black Women. The nationwide study led by the American Cancer Society aims to address disproportional mortality rates among Black women diagnosed with cancer and other chronic disease.

Pre-hospital transfusion improves patient condition, reduces hospital stays and reduces overall use of blood. Eureka-Goodfield EMS will be the first program in Illinois to offer the service in ambulances.

The high-tech simulator recreates emergency delivery and postpartum scenarios for OSF's mobile unit serving Central Illinois maternal care deserts.

Health care providers and educators worry a $100,000 lifetime limit on borrowing for graduate nursing programs, wrapped in the fine print of the Big, Beautiful Bill, could put a wrench in the workforce pipeline.

The health care industry has come a long way in 35 years, and retiring Carle BroMenn and Carle Eureka leader Colleen Kannaday has seen all of it.

Menopause affects half the human population, but women and doctors say it is under researched, misunderstood and often misrepresented.

A big chunk of the counselors and social workers in McLean County just got trained in a rising therapy model that can help people overcome anxiety, depression, and PTSD. It's called Eye Movement and Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR.