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Mark Butler says he will look to reform access to mental health care after a boost to subsidised sessions led to tens of thousands being unable to get help.

Aalora Vyas was born about 12:37 a.m. at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

The end of the year usually leads to reflections on the year gone by. But let me break with tradition and instead set out a wish list for the kind of coverage we can hope for in the coming year. This could be wishful thinking given that 2023 is an…

While many pregnant people say their doctors do not listen to them, pregnant Black people face a higher burden

The fall of Roe v. Wade over the summer did more than change the landscape on abortion. It also left questions over other Supreme Court precedents and elements of reproductive health care like contraceptives in Republican-controlled states.

The healthcare industry is poised to witness robust growth in the near term due to rising global medical requirements. Also, because the healthcare sector tends to hold up relatively well during economic uncertainties, investors could add quality healthcare stocks UnitedHealth Group (UNH) and Humana (HUM) to their portfolio now. Read…

The past few years have been rough for health care workers, with 84% of nurses believing they were underpaid, and 83% reporting their mental health suffered, according to the State of Nursing Survey from 2021

On a cold December day, a little over 50 years ago, Pilar Guerrero arrived in this country from Mexico with her parents by her side. She was 9 years old, she recalled, and didn’t know a bit of English.

Some lost their homes. Some emptied their retirement accounts. Some struggled to feed and clothe their families. Medical debt now touches more than 100 million people in America, as the U.S. health care system pushes patients into debt on a mass scale. Debtors are from all walks of life and…