Health Care
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Surgalign receives FDA clearance for surgical guidance systemJan 17, 2022 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Surgalign Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it has received initial U.S. Food & Drug Administration clearance for its HOLO Portal surgical guidance system for use w...
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How insurance companies - but not Medicare - will handle those free COVID-19 test kitsJan 15, 2022 12:00 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. President Jo...
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Woodstock nurse charged with tampering with patients' morphine medicationJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - A registered nurse from Woodstock has been accused of diluting patients' morphine medication, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Sarah Diamond, 29, faces two counts...
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Biden highlighting federal 'surge' to help weather omicron
Jan 13, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the government will double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests to be distributed free to America...
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Baxter to fund $3.5 million scholarship programJan 12, 2022 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International Inc., Thursday introduced a new $3.5 million collaboration to support students...
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Haymarket sues Itasca over village's rejection of addiction rehab centerJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - Haymarket Center filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the village of Itasca, claiming officials violated civil rights laws by rejecting plans for an addiction treatme...
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Almost half of patients at McHenry County's Northwestern Medicine hospitals have COVID-19Jan 09, 2022 12:00 am - As many as half of the patients hospitalized in Northwestern Medicine's over-capacity McHenry County hospitals have COVID-19, hospital officials said. Now, Northwestern ...
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OrthoIllinois CEO retires, successor namedJan 06, 2022 10:00 pm - OrthoIllinois, a bone and joint health care provider based in Rockford with medical offices in Algonquin, Elgin and McHenry, said CEO Don Schreiner has retired after a 2...
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COVID-19 testing sites are popping up. Here's how you can avoid questionable ones.Jan 06, 2022 12:00 am - As new cases of COVID-19 have grown in recent weeks, so have complaints about several suburban testing clinics that have left customers without promised results or delay...
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Kovach Eye Institute first in Illinois to perform innovative laser vision correction technologyJan 05, 2022 10:00 pm - Kovach Eye Institute in Elmhurst is the first ophthalmology practice in the state of Illinois to perform the SMILE procedure, the latest advancement in laser vision corr...