Endeavor and Swedish Hospital are currently facing 61 lawsuits brought by former patients of gynecologist-obstetrician Dr. Fabio Ortega accusing him of sexually abusing them.
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University of Illinois nurses reach tentative agreement with hospital, ending strike after four days
Nurses at University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics have ended a four-day strike, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with UI Health late Saturday night.
Dozens are sickened and 1 person died after eating carrots contaminated with E. coli
An outbreak of E. coli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged organic carrots, and one person died from the infection.
After Trump win, Illinois providers report a spike in demand for abortion pills, birth control and sterilizations
After Trump victory, requests for abortion pills, birth control and sterilizations surge in Illinois and nationally
Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They’re flooding crisis hotlines
Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign. Many teens worry about how their lives could change once he takes office.
Nurses at University of Illinois Hospital walk off the job, in second strike since August
The nurses are seeking better security to prevent patients from attacking them at the hospital, and they’re asking for higher pay.
STD epidemic slows as new syphilis and gonorrhea cases fall in US
The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday.
Wisconsin’s high court to hear oral arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.
‘I wasn’t afraid to die. I was a soldier’: Veteran asks heart surgeon to save sentimental tattoo during transplant
The ink on his chest spells out a lyric from Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” a song his father introduced him to when he was young. So while waiting on a transplant list, he asked his surgeon to make an effort to save the tattoo while saving his life.
Marginalized groups admit fear, uncertainty as Trump secures second term
Sophia Arshad, a Merrillville attorney who works on immigration cases, said she’s already received a dozen calls or emails from clients worried about the status of their cases following president-elect Donald Trump’s win Tuesday. “It goes beyond nervous, it’s anticipation of what’s to come,” Arshad said. “I have had a lot of already desperate emails and calls from current clients who are just very scared about what may or may not happen.” Jane Hartsock, a founding board member with The Good Trouble Coalition, said her nonbinary child woke up Wednesday morning feeling terrified and crying. As a mother, Hartsock has […]