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Demonstrators rallied in Chicago and across Illinois Saturday as part of a nationwide day of action. They spoke out in coordinated actions across the country against the federal cuts to healthcare and other services under President Donald Trump’s administration. In Illinois, people also gathered in Rockford, Champaign and Carbondale. Marching through the streets of West…

A hospital in the Montgomery area announced it will host an event catered to high school and college students who are looking to learn or want a career change. Jackson Hospital will present a Healthcare Career Fair. The event is geared to help all students explore various career opportunities in healthcare. “For many young individuals…

The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday that it halted a series of healthcare fraud schemes that sought to bilk the federal government out of $14.6 billion. The operation, which the department called the largest healthcare fraud initiative in its history, led to criminal charges against 324 defendants and the seizure of more than $245 million in cash, luxury cars and other…

 One of the state’s biggest hospitals is in dire financial straits, as executives at Hennepin Healthcare say Medicaid reimbursement rates and rising supply costs have pushed the hospital system to its brink. Hennepin Healthcare financial struggles What they’re saying: Hennepin Healthcare CEO Thomas Klemond says the Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) prides itself on treating low-income patients who…

For many years, KFF polling has found that the high cost of health care is a burden on U.S. families, and that health care costs factor into decisions about insurance coverage and care seeking. These costs and the prospect of unexpected medical bills also rank as the top financial worries for adults and their families.…

A healthcare provider employee was arrested on multiple drug charges after avoiding a checkpoint near a prison facility. The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) K9 and Narcotics officers were conducting a vehicle checkpoint at the Limestone Correctional Facility on Friday. At 5:25 a.m., a red SUV was seen turning around approximately 150 yards from the…

Counties that experienced severe climate-related disasters experienced significant decreases in hospital and outpatient care infrastructure, the researchers say. Counties that undergo severe climate-related disasters often suffer reduced access to critical health care infrastructure in the years that follow, a study suggests. The analysis, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, looked at…

The EPO disaster in many ways exceeds that of prescription opioids Erythropoietin — also known as EPO — is mostly remembered as the drug that cyclist Lance Armstrong dishonestly used to win seven Tours de France. The blood thickener’s role in a cancer drug disaster that, by one estimate, cost nearly 500,000 Americans their lives…

In an unprecedented sweep of healthcare fraud, Seattle’s medical community reels from charges and settlements as part of the Department of Justice’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown; the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, Teal Luthy Miller, announced serious allegations involving two separate cases related to healthcare fraud, according to a…

Prosecutors indict pharmaceutical firm Sanofi for manslaughter over birth defects linked to an epilepsy medication. French prosecutors have indicted pharma giant Sanofi for manslaughter over birth defects linked to an epilepsy drug in a long-running case that has also seen it charged with fraud. The charges relate to the drug valproate, marketed as Depakine among…