Health Care
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Argentum Medical's acquisition expands wound-care lineJan 27, 2022 2:06 PM - Geneva-based Argentum Medical said it has acquired Anacapa Technologies and its antimicrobial wound cleansers, gels and irrigation product lines.
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Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center applying to Magnet recognition
Jan 25, 2022 2:59 PM - Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago has applied to the American Nurses Credentialing Center for the prestigious designation of Magnet. -
Walgreens to seek more diverse suppliersJan 24, 2022 2:38 PM - Walgreens said Monday it will hold a Supplier Diversity Summit during the ECRM Supplier Diversity Week, a virtual showcase for diverse businesses and entrepreneurs to share their retail offerings.
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2 years ago, Illinois' first COVID-19 case was diagnosed. 2.8 million (and counting) followed.
Jan 24, 2022 6:13 AM - It's now been two years since the first COVID-19 case in Illinois was diagnosed in a patient at Amita Health St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates and many are left to wonder when the pandemic will end. -
Walgreens to open medical clinics in Tucson
Jan 20, 2022 3:23 PM - Walgreens Boots Alliance Thursday said it will open eight new Village Medical at Walgreens coordinated primary care and pharmacy practices in the Tucson, Arizona, area this year, with the first opening on Feb. 8. -
Surgalign receives FDA clearance for surgical guidance systemJan 18, 2022 3:27 PM - Deerfield-based Surgalign Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it has has received initial U.S. Food & Drug Administration clearance for its HOLO Portal surgical guidance system for use within lumbar spine procedures.
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How insurance companies - but not Medicare - will handle those free COVID-19 test kits
Jan 16, 2022 9:16 AM - Beginning Saturday, Jan. 15, insurance companies must cover up to eight take-home COVID tests per month for every person covered under their insurance plan. -
Biden highlighting federal 'surge' to help weather omicron
Jan 13, 2022 5:04 PM - President Joe Biden is highlighting the federal government's efforts to "surge" military medical personnel to help overwhelmed medical facilities weather the spike in coronavirus cases and staff shortages due to the highly transmissible omicron variant. Starting next week, 1,000 military medical personnel will begin arriving to help mitigate staffing crunches at hospitals across the country.
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Baxter to fund $3.5 million scholarship programJan 13, 2022 3:00 PM - The Deerfield-based Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International Inc., Thursday introduced a new $3.5 million collaboration to support students at historically Black colleges and universities.
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Woodstock nurse charged with tampering with patients' morphine medicationJan 13, 2022 12:33 PM - A Woodstock rehabilitation center nurse has been charged with tampering with patients' morphine pain medication.
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