health care

'I just want to get healthy and enjoy life again': One of Rockford's greatest go...

January 24, 2024 @ 10:55 am

By Paul Anthony Arco Special to the Rock River Current Download our mobile app ROCKFORD — It was 15 years ago that Brad Benjamin...

New UW Health clinics will exclusively serve Rockford Public Schools employees a...

July 27, 2023 @ 12:00 pm

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — UW Health has opened two new primary care clinics dedicated exclusively to...

'Together we are better': New group brings together health providers and others ...

June 28, 2023 @ 1:29 pm

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — A group of health care organizations, nonprofits and other institutions will join...

Crusader Community Health looks to clean up blight near busy Broadway clinic in ...

May 18, 2023 @ 6:00 am

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — Crusader Community Health plans to purchase and demolish a vacant and blighted...

Rockford Spine Center to merge as part of OrthoIllinois next month

May 15, 2023 @ 11:56 am

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — OrthoIllinois and Rockford Spine Center announced Monday that they will merge this...

Rescue workers, medical team reunite with Mendota man they saved from a widowmak...

April 25, 2023 @ 2:41 pm

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — Mark Pohl’s condition did not initially look severe when he started to...

Youth workers help give Rockford housing residents easier access to health care

April 19, 2023 @ 12:29 pm

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — Residents of a public housing apartment complex on the city’s northwest side...

Pinwheels outside College of Medicine Rockford signify severity of child abuse a...

April 14, 2023 @ 3:45 pm

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — More than 400 blue pinwheels were stuck into the earth outside the...

Belvidere family physician recognized for leadership, care

February 3, 2023 @ 11:57 am

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app BELVIDERE — A family medicine physician at Belvidere Crusader Community Health Clinic was honored...

Podcast: River Bluff Health & Rehabilitation starts new grief support group

January 21, 2023 @ 6:00 am

Laura Doise of River Bluff Health & Rehabilitation joins Steve Summers on This Week in the Stateline to talk about a new grief support...

Podcast: River Bluff Health Rehabilitation s...

Rock River Current Podcasts

Crusader Community Health in Rockford names new chief medical officer

November 8, 2022 @ 10:44 am

Rock River Current Get our newsletter ROCKFORD — Crusader Community Health has named Dr. Gary Fernando as its new chief medical officer. Fernando most...

Podcast: Tips, advice from Crusader Community Health for Breast Cancer Awareness...

October 17, 2022 @ 3:41 pm

Meredith MacKay, director of the Crusader Community Health Foundation, and Geneva Porter, director of clinical operations for women’s health services and adult medical at...

Podcast: Tips, advice from Crusader Community...

Rock River Current Podcasts

COVID testing site closing at College of Medicne, moving to west Rockford

September 20, 2022 @ 2:44 pm

From news release Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — The SHIELD Illinois community COVID-19 testing site at the University of Illinois...

'We have to start sooner': Ready to learn kits aim to help Rockford children get...

September 7, 2022 @ 1:13 pm

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — A new partnership aims to provide families and young children the resources...

Mission of Mercy provides $1M in free dental care at UW Health Sports Factory in...

July 28, 2022 @ 12:27 pm

By Mary Sisk Rock River Current Get our newsletter ROCKFORD — Mission of Mercy provided free dental work for more than 1,000 patients last...

Mission of Mercy aims to provide $1M in free dental care in 2 days in Rockford

July 21, 2022 @ 11:01 am

Rock River Current Get our newsletter ROCKFORD — This weekend hundreds of dentists and other oral health care professionals will volunteer their time to...