Health Care
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Good Samaritan emergency dept. earns Lantern Award for efficiency, patient careAug 11, 2021 11:00 pm - Early in 2020, before the worries of COVID-19 reached Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, leaders in the emergency department worked to improve how team members collaborat...
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Nurses, protesters rally against hospital vaccine mandate in ElginAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - Holding signs reading "My body, my choice" and "I call the shots," about 60 protesters, many of them nurses, lined Randall Road in front of Advocate Sherman Hospital on ...
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Windsor Park in Carol Stream sees uptick in COVID-19 infections, forcing restrictionsAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - Nearly four dozen residents of a Carol Stream senior living campus contracted COVID-19 in recent weeks, forcing operators to reimpose the kind of restrictions not seen s...
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Women's health clinic with ties to Roman Catholic Church proposed in WheelingAug 09, 2021 1:00 am - Wheeling's plan commission will meet Wednesday night to discuss a proposal for a women's health clinic on the 100 block of North Wolf Road. A Chicago-based nonprofit gro...
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How Wheeling police are working to better assist nonverbal residentsAug 06, 2021 5:30 am - A new Wheeling Police Department program aims to help officers and firefighters better assist people who have limited or no verbal skills because of autism, dementia or ...
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Schaumburg to host blood drive Aug. 24Aug 05, 2021 1:00 am - The village of Schaumburg will host its next community blood drive from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, at The Barn, 231 Civic Drive in Schaumburg. The event is co-s...
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Advocate Aurora Health to require vaccination for employeesAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Advocate Aurora Health will require employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct. 15. The mandate affects about 75,000 people, including medical staff, employees...
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Arlington Heights health center gets $3.2 million from Rescue PlanJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights-based federally qualified health center has received $3.2 million as part of a recent award of stimulus funds for vaccine efforts and to enhance ser...
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State advises some Hoffman Estates clinic mammogram patients to seek second opinionJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is urging those who've had a mammogram performed at a Hoffman Estates medical imaging clinic since Oct. 17, 2019, to seek a seco...
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These suburban hospitals rank among the state's best in new rankingsJul 27, 2021 1:00 am - Several suburban hospitals, including Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Edward Hospital in Naperville and Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Gro...