Health Care
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Advocate Health system starts reducing elective surgeries amid COVID-19 crushNov 16, 2020 12:00 am - Advocate Aurora Health will defer half of its elective procedures that would result in even a short hospital stay as COVID-19 admissions surge to new highs. The 28-hospi...
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Area company helps North Carolina track COVID-19 medicationsNov 15, 2020 10:00 pm - BUFFALO GROVE - ARxIUM, a provider of pharmacy automation, workflow and inventory management solutions, said it has completed a multiyear engagement that expands and int...
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Is Illinois ready to roll out a COVID vaccine?Nov 14, 2020 12:00 am - Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of much of the scientific world has been creating and testing a safe and effective vaccine. With news last week that...
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Streamline signs first California partnershipNov 11, 2020 10:00 pm - OAKBROOK TERRACE - Streamline Healthcare Solutions said its web-based electronic health record platform will be used to upgrade the system of Granite Wellness Centers in...
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Arlington Heights practice to participate in clinical trialNov 10, 2020 10:00 pm - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS - WomanCare, an obstetrician and gynecological practice in Arlington Heights, has enrolled its first patient in a clinical trial testing a new procedur...
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Combat veteran all smiles after dentists step in to helpNov 10, 2020 4:30 am - The blast from a 3,000-pound car bomb at 3:54 a.m. on Aug. 28, 2013, blew a hole in the wall of Forward Operating Base Ghazni, allowing armed insurgents wearing suicide ...
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Doctors may be better equipped to handle latest virus surge
Nov 10, 2020 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The latest surge in U.S. coronavirus cases appears to be much larger than the two previous ones, and it is all but certain to get worse - a lot worse. Bu...
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Hospital chief says Northwest Community is better prepared for this COVID-19 surgeNov 09, 2020 4:30 am - The second COVID-19 wave is here, but Northwest Community Hospital is better prepared to deal with the expected influx of patients now compared to the initial surge in t...
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Consultant: Haymarket treatment center would bring 163 jobs to ItascaNov 09, 2020 12:00 am - But property's taxes would have to be absorbed by others
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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective
Nov 09, 2020 12:00 am - AP Medical Writers Pfizer said Monday that an early peek at the data on its coronavirus vaccine suggests the shots may be a surprisingly robust 90% effective at preventi...