Health Care
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Best of the Best: Commitment to high quality care earns Northwest Community Healthcare honorSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - Providing the best access to high quality care is at the core of every initiative, project and service delivered by Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH). Rooted in its ...
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U.S. outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines
Sep 16, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, assuming a safe and effective shot is d...
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Winfield's president plans to veto downtown redevelopment deal with CDHSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - Winfield Village President Erik Spande is planning to veto a deal that would allow Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital to redevelop part of downtown. The veto,...
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Baxter reaches deal to distribute kidney diagnostic testSep 15, 2020 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Baxter International Inc. said Wednesday it has reached a deal to distribute a new kidney injury test in the U.S. and Europe, following regulatory approval a...
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Do you need to check your neck?Sep 15, 2020 1:00 am - It is amazing how something so small can have such a large impact on our body. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that is located just below the Adam's apple. Your ...
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Dr. Bruce E. Cohen to lead orthopaedic groupSep 14, 2020 11:00 pm - ROSEMONT - Dr. Bruce E. Cohen, an orthopaedic surgeon from North Carolina, has been named president of the Rosemont-based American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society. In a...
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Underwood bashes federal response to COVID-19; Oberweis review mixedSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood of Naperville bashed the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as an "extraordinary failure," especially criticizi...
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Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing
Sep 10, 2020 1:00 am - FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medic...
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CDH gets approval to build new parking deck in Winfield, but 2 trustees say they'll resignSep 10, 2020 1:00 am - Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital has won approval from Winfield to expand its downtown footprint with a new parking deck, but the vote by the village board ...
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Amita Health partnership to benefit cancer patientsSep 09, 2020 11:00 pm - CHICAGO - Amita Health announced a partnership with the Syapse Learning Health Network to further its commitment to precision medicine in cancer care. Through this multi...