Health Care
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Judge orders Elmhurst Hospital to let patient receive unapproved COVID-19 treatmentMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge has ordered Elmhurst Hospital to allow a 68-year-old woman fighting COVID-19 to be treated with a drug not approved for such use by the Food and Dr...
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Walgreens to open mobile vaccine clinicsMay 02, 2021 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Following the success of more than 700 vaccination clinics across the country hosted primarily at churches and community centers, Walgreens said it will acti...
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Could a vaccination passport program be coming to Illinois?Apr 29, 2021 1:00 am - Officials at the Illinois Department of Public Health said the agency is working on a program that would allow residents who are vaccinated against COVID-19 to show an e...
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Eleven area hospitals earn top ratingApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - Eleven hospitals in the North, Northwest and Western suburbs on Thursday received an "A" rating from the Leapfrog Group. The Leapfrog Group is a national organization fo...
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Aptinyx developing drug for PTSD treatmentApr 28, 2021 11:00 pm - EVANSTON - Aptinyx Inc. Thursday presented positive data from its Phase 2 study of a drug to treat patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. The study was presented ...
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NorthShore University HealthSystem named to Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals ListApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - NorthShore University HealthSystem - which includes Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview - has been named to this year's Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list for a...
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Pritzker signs measure to address racism in health care
Apr 27, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker declared health care "a right, not a privilege" Tuesday as he signed a massive reform bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Cauc...
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Northwestern Medicine expands Naperville Medical OfficeApr 26, 2021 11:00 pm - NAPERVILLE - The Northwestern Medicine Medical Office building at 636 Raymond Drive in Naperville has been expanded to house new Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy and Obste...
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Corner Bakery offers free sweet to teachers, nursesApr 25, 2021 11:00 pm - Corner Bakery believes teachers and nurses have always been heroes, and given the challenges brought by the pandemic, they want to show appreciation for the hard work an...
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Constable: 'Brain glasses' let concussion patient see path to recoveryApr 24, 2021 1:00 am - While driving in April 2019, Clare Mantelman of Barrington Hills was rear-ended by a car that drove her vehicle into the car in front of her. "My head hit the steering, ...