Health Care
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COVID-19 test kit to be available at WalgreensFeb 23, 2021 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Walgreens said it will sell its first over-the-counter COVID-19 testing kit at up to 6,000 stores nationwide beginning in spring. The company announced it ha...
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Biden hosts candlelight ceremony as U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 500,000
Feb 22, 2021 12:00 am - The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. topped 500,000 Monday, a staggering number that all but matches the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam com...
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Editorial: Gov. Pritzker should veto unfair legislation that will drive up product, health costsFeb 19, 2021 10:00 pm - The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association may have an argument that under current state policies, well-financed businesses and insurance companies can intimidate injured pa...
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AptarGroup reports 2% sales increase for 2020Feb 18, 2021 10:00 pm - CRYSTAL LAKE - AptarGroup Inc. said its fiscal year 2020 sales grew 2%, with sales in its core markets equal to the prior year. The company reported earnings per share ...
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Assertio raises $34 million in stock saleFeb 15, 2021 10:00 pm - LAKE FOREST - Pharmaceutical company Assertio Holdings Inc. said it completed its offering of common stock at 98 cents as share, raising gross proceeds of about $34.3 mi...
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State health department faces tough questions on COVID-19 vaccine deploymentFeb 11, 2021 12:00 am - A "Hunger Games" of COVID-19 vaccine distribution for teachers and wild disparities in vaccine doses from week to week were among the problems Illinois Department of Pub...
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Fauci: Vaccines for kids as young as first-graders could be authorized by September
Feb 10, 2021 10:00 pm - ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Children as youn...
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Suburban doctor says two-layer mask a good idea now that U.K. strain is hereFeb 09, 2021 4:30 am - With a case of the more infectious United Kingdom strain of COVID-19 diagnosed in Lake County and more expected, it's important to double down on face coverings, one exp...
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'Guarded optimism': Seniors cautiously plan for life after vaccineFeb 09, 2021 4:30 am - Juanita Thomas is a lesson in patience and resilience. She survived a frightening case of COVID-19 last March. Only now she has another reason to hope. On Monday, the 93...
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Northwestern Medicine updating office building with podsFeb 08, 2021 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGDALE - In a first for Northwestern Medicine, the renovation of a medical office building in Bloomingdale features prefabricated modular exam rooms. More than 70 ...