Health Care
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Suburban vaccine providers await guidance on boostersAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - Suburban health departments, pharmacies and hospitals are still awaiting specific guidance from federal and state authorities about how administration of COVID-19 booste...
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Proteintech triples size of its Rosemont headquartersAug 17, 2021 11:00 pm - ROSEMONT - Proteintech said it has tripled the size of its headquarters and laboratories to expand its antibody conjugation capabilities and add clinical capabilities to...
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Baxter to support three-year water program in ColombiaAug 17, 2021 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD - The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International Inc., and UNICEF USA Wednesday announced a partnership to improve access t...
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Northwestern Medicine opens new ophthalmology clinicAug 16, 2021 11:00 pm - NAPERVILLE - Northwestern Medicine's Regional Medical Group has added ophthalmology to its specialized health care services available in Chicago's West suburbs. Comprehe...
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After nearly 2 years of debate, Itasca is close to decision on Haymarket drug treatment facilityAug 13, 2021 1:00 am - Nearly two years of hearings on the proposed Haymarket Center drug treatment center in Itasca soon will come to a close with a recommendation by the village's plan commi...
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Nonprofit group planning pregnancy clinic in WheelingAug 12, 2021 1:00 am - A nonprofit group with ties to the Roman Catholic Church wants to open a health clinic for pregnant women in Wheeling. Aid For Women, a Chicago-based organization as...
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Good Samaritan emergency dept. earns Lantern Award for efficiency, patient careAug 11, 2021 11:00 pm - Early in 2020, before the worries of COVID-19 reached Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, leaders in the emergency department worked to improve how team members collaborat...
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Nurses, protesters rally against hospital vaccine mandate in ElginAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - Holding signs reading "My body, my choice" and "I call the shots," about 60 protesters, many of them nurses, lined Randall Road in front of Advocate Sherman Hospital on ...
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Windsor Park in Carol Stream sees uptick in COVID-19 infections, forcing restrictionsAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - Nearly four dozen residents of a Carol Stream senior living campus contracted COVID-19 in recent weeks, forcing operators to reimpose the kind of restrictions not seen s...
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Women's health clinic with ties to Roman Catholic Church proposed in WheelingAug 09, 2021 1:00 am - Wheeling's plan commission will meet Wednesday night to discuss a proposal for a women's health clinic on the 100 block of North Wolf Road. A Chicago-based nonprofit gro...