Loretto Hospital has treated and employed generations of people in the Austin community. The hospital has been an anchor in the predominantly Black neighborhood — an area that’s dealt with both historic and recent health disparities, including far higher rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths than the city as a whole. But over the last six months, controversies and questions linked to Loretto have .
Friends and associates of a former Loretto Hospital executive have been making money from the safety-net hospital a finding that comes shortly after the same executive resigned amid allegations of inappropriate COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
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President-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris’ 2020 victory was confirmed Monday, and valiant health care workers started receiving coronavirus vaccines. But the greatest drama in Illinois unfolded during a special legislative hearing to examine whether House Speaker