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A coronavirus patient at the center of a debate after she requested to be treated with a controversial drug used in veterinary medicine called ivermectin has passed away, officials said.

AMITA Health confirmed that staff at Resurrection Medical Center in Norwood Park have received “hundreds of phone calls and emails associated with one patient’s care.” NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

AMITA Health confirmed that staff at Resurrection Medical Center in Norwood Park have received “hundreds of phone calls and emails associated with one patient’s care.”

Hospitals across Illinois have been preparing for weeks now for the rollout of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

A group of nurses in Joilet are now taking their strike into a second week after rejecting an offer from AMITA Health Saint Joseph’s Medical Center. The nurses, who are represented by the Illinois Nurses Association, rejected AMITA’s three-year contract on Saturday, citing a failure by the company to reasonably address issues surrounding short staffing at the hospital, according...

More than 700 nurses at AMITA Health St. Joseph Medical Center Joliet went on strike Saturday morning after negotiations between the hospital and the nurses union failed to result in a contract. The strike comes after AMITA Health, which has 19 hospitals in Illinois, issued a statement that said it would bring in other licensed nurses during a strike, prepare…

The two Chicago residents who contracted COVID-19, a disease stemming from a new form of coronavirus, were released from home isolation Friday following their recovery, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. The two patients — a husband and wife, both in their 60s — were released from AMITA Health St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates approximately a week…