Sen. Peters
Health & Wellness
1 year ago
Illinois Senate passes Healthcare Protection Act, sends top priority back to House

A bipartisan group of Illinois senators passed the massive Healthcare Protection Act Thursday night. The legislation, a top priority for Gov. JB Pritzker, could curb predatory insurance practices and protect consumers.

Education
1 year ago
D-186 honors quick-thinking student

Seconds mattered for CACC teacher having a stroke

SIU mass casualty simulation
Health & Wellness
1 year ago
Mass casualty training simulation set for Thursday near Hope Church on Lenhart Road

Area first responders including Springfield police, fire, ambulance and dispatch will be working with area medical facilities and the Sangamon County Department of Public Health on a mass casualty training simulation Thursday between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Culex Mosquito
Health & Wellness
1 year ago
IDPH reports mosquito batch in Jacksonville positive for West Nile Virus

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday the batches were found in Morgan County and Cook County. The Morgan County batch was found May 16 in Jacksonville. 

Memorial Health Urgent Care on N. Dirksen Pkwy.
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
N. Dirksen clinic transitions from Memorial Care to SIU Medicine

Urgent care services at the North Dirksen Parkway Memorial Care clinic will soon be changing.  Memorial Health and SIU announced Thursday that urgent care services at the location will become a federally qualified health center (FQHC) administered by SIU Medicine.

Health & Wellness
2 years ago
The Gift of Life gets the spotlight

You can go online to GIFTOFLIFE.org to register for organ donation.

Woman sneezing in field
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Overcome seasonal allergies

Seasonal allergies crop up at certain times each year, particularly in spring and fall. In 2021, approximately 81 million people in the United States were diagnosed with seasonal allergic rhinitis, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Health issues that disproportionately affect minorities

A host of variables affect each individual’s risk for developing a certain disease or […]

Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Medical debt “a uniquely American issue”

Pritzker points to Undue Medical Debt