OSF HealthCare

U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen spoke against patient loss of Medicaid coverage during a tour of a OSF HealthCare facility in Peoria.

Illinois State University's athletic training staff held an emergency training session with staff and students, inviting OSF HealthCare providers and trainers from local high schools for the first time.

Health care providers are scrambling to plan for the $1 trillion cut to federal Medicaid spending as they await what the changes mean for Illinois and their organizations.

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

Primary care is where people go when they have symptoms of an unknown illness or for an annual physical. Providers in Bloomington-Normal want to make sure people know their main doctor can also provide mental health support.

Kimberly Russo will assume the role of chief executive officer for the central region of OSF HealthCare beginning April 28. She takes over from Bob Anderson, who retired in January.

Illinois State University is trying to change the way people experience opioid overdose reversal training by deploying a virtual reality app to assist them. ISU and its partners also are hoping this will expand access in rural areas.

State lawmakers are pushing a bill to ban food additives that have been linked to cancer and behavioral issues, but there is a debate over who should regulate it.

Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy unveiled a report in January on increased cancer risk associated with alcohol use, even under current healthy guidelines. Health professionals say the report comes from years of convincing research.

The request that visitors wear masks comes as the Peoria-based Catholic healthcare system also places some temporary restrictions on visitors to its hospitals and hospice services.