For most of a century starting in 1916, the massive Cook County Hospital opened its healing hallways to wave upon wave of new and often destitute Chicagoans. European immigrants came first, followed ...

A operation theater inside the former Cook County Hospital, neglected from many years, still awaits renovation. A hotel room at the former Cook County Hospital. A portion of the renovated hospital ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- It was the first hospital to provide care for the poor, the first blood bank in the nation, the first place to care for AIDS patients and the setting for the television show "ER." ...

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The beaux arts facade of Old Cook County Hospital was restored to its original state as part of the renovation. When Cook County Hospital began construction in Chicago in 1914, the poor badly needed ...

Cook Hospital, in the Iron Range community of Cook, broke ground this month on an $8.5 million addition to its nursing home wing, keeping the capacity at 28 residents but replacing shared rooms with ...

Trying to piece together Brady Cook’s timeline of events is nearly as impossible as the comeback. There’s a visit to the hospital in a Mizzou staffer’s truck. An MRI. A moment where the pads came off ...

Trying to piece together Brady Cook’s timeline of events is nearly as impossible as the comeback. There’s a visit to the hospital in a Missouri's staffer’s truck. An MRI. A moment where the pads came ...

In the last two decades, Prosper has grown from a rural outpost with 2,000 residents to a city with 35,000 people. This week, the city will add another piece to its explosive growth: Cook Children’s ...