Health Care
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The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback
Aug 05, 2025 8:00 am - The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is entrenched in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. As workers focus the vaccination campaign there, WHO and partners have been derailed by mismanagement and what insiders describe as blind allegiance to an outdated strategy and a problematic oral vaccine.
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Nations gather in Geneva to again confront the world's spiraling plastic pollution crisis
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Lurie Children’s Hospital outpatient center adding to suburban ‘medtail’ redevelopment trendAug 02, 2025 5:58 pm - The Ambulatory Infusion Center that’s the first phase of the Lurie Children’s Hospital outpatient center reaching completion in Schaumburg will open Aug. 18.
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Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren
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U.S. childhood vaccination rates fall again as exemptions set another record
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Mount Prospect Family Health Fair set for Aug. 13Jul 31, 2025 2:49 pm - The Mount Prospect Human Services Department will host a Family Health Fair from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13, at the Busse Pocket Park.
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23 hospitals ranked among best in Illinois. Did your hospital make the list?
Jul 31, 2025 1:57 pm - Hospitals in Chicago, the suburbs and beyond made U.S. News & World Report’s list of best hospitals.
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Duly Health and Care opening comprehensive new 100,000-square-foot facility in SchaumburgJul 30, 2025 8:29 pm - Duly Health and Care on Monday will open a 100,000-square-foot medical facility with a comprehensive range of outpatient services, including an immediate care center for complex cases, in the former At Home store in Schaumburg.
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Spring Grove girl who died after dental office visit recalled for ‘loving heart’Jul 30, 2025 11:55 am - A 17-year-old Spring Grove girl who died last week after visiting a Grayslake dental clinic was described in her obituary as having had ”a loving heart."
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US health officials crack down on kratom-related products after complaints from supplement industry