A Sun‑Times and UChicago data dive finds wildly different hospital prices across Chicago and machine‑readable price files remain too messy for most shoppers.

An elevator failure forced West Suburban Medical Center's Oak Park campus to close, compounding months of billing, inspection and ownership troubles. Neighbors and nearby hospitals are already feeling the strain.

Chicago health officials say the city's mosquito surveillance detected the first West Nile–positive mosquitoes of 2026 while Illinois reports no human cases this season.