Health Care
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Walgreens reaches opioid settlement with FloridaMay 5, 2022 2:11 PM - Walgreens Boots Alliance reached a $683 million settlement with the state of Florida over claims that the company contributed to the opioid crisis by improperly marketing the painkillers.
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Report: Baxter International putting its Deerfield campus up for sale
May 4, 2022 11:59 PM - Baxter International has put its sprawling Deerfield headquarters up for sale and is hunting for a new one, Crain's Chicago Business reported Wednesday night. -
Abortions for out-of-state women are climbing in Illinois -- and that's sure to grow
May 4, 2022 7:38 PM - From 2015 to 2020, the number of those who came to Illinois from other states to receive abortions has increased by more than 200%. And that figure is sure to grow in light of news leaked about the fate of Roe v. Wade, advocates say. -
Changing the narrative: Out-of-state businesses are buying Illinois' sales pitch
May 1, 2022 6:00 AM - Intersect Illinois -- a group formed in 2016 by then Gov. Bruce Rauner that counts many of Illinois' biggest and best-known corporations as funders -- is telling Illinois' story to out-of-state businesses in hopes they will move here. Many of them like what they hear.
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Constable: Intern program a win, win, win for staff, residents and participants at rehab center
May 1, 2022 8:27 AM - The Project Search intern program at Sedgebrook senior living community and Radford Green Health Care and Rehabilitation frees up nurses and staff members, teaches students with developmental and cognitive issues a meaningful career, and improves the lives of residents.
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Alzheimer's educational conference online on WednesdayApr 29, 2022 2:09 PM - The Alzheimer's Foundation of America is hosting free virtual conferences as part of its 2022 national Educating America Tour. An educational conference dedicated to Illinois residents will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Clarus Therapeutics announces closing of upsized $30 million underwritten public offeringApr 28, 2022 12:29 PM - Clarus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRXT), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to providing solutions to unmet medical needs by advancing androgen and metabolic therapies for men and women, Thursday announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of (i) units.
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Association between clinician distress and inappropriate use of antibiotic prescriptionsApr 28, 2022 1:00 AM - The overprescribing of antibiotics in U.S. outpatient settings is an urgent public health concern. The majority of these antibiotic prescriptions are written for acute respiratory tract infections (RTIs), even though antibiotics are inappropriate for treating viral RTIs such as bronchitis, sore throats, common colds and the flu.
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'Times of crisis also bring about times of innovation'
Apr 24, 2022 1:00 AM - Getting to know Roxann Barber, president of Ascension Saint Alexius and Ascension Saint Alexius Women's and Children's Hospital. -
Fresenius Kabi to help provide blood to UkraineApr 19, 2022 8:53 AM - Lake Zurich-based Fresenius Kabi Monday said it will join two blood-collection organizations on a nationwide campaign to provide needed blood and transfusion supplies to those impacted by war in Ukraine.
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