Health Care
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State Senate passes Medicare, tax zone legislation
May 07, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Capping off a slow legislative week as the General Assembly grapples with drawing redistricting maps, the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year and mas...
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Northwest Community opens walk-in vaccination clinicMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - Northwest Community Healthcare has opened a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for walk-ins Mondays and Wednesdays. The clinic at 3060 Salt Creek Road in Arlington Heights is a...
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Comatose woman fighting COVID-19 gets unapproved drug after judge's orderMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - A 68-year-old Elmhurst woman suffering from COVID-19 is receiving doses of an unapproved drug after a DuPage County judge ordered Elmhurst Hospital to allow the treatmen...
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Judge orders Elmhurst Hospital to let patient receive unapproved COVID-19 treatmentMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge has ordered Elmhurst Hospital to allow a 68-year-old woman fighting COVID-19 to be treated with a drug not approved for such use by the Food and Dr...
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Walgreens to open mobile vaccine clinicsMay 02, 2021 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Following the success of more than 700 vaccination clinics across the country hosted primarily at churches and community centers, Walgreens said it will acti...
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Could a vaccination passport program be coming to Illinois?Apr 29, 2021 1:00 am - Officials at the Illinois Department of Public Health said the agency is working on a program that would allow residents who are vaccinated against COVID-19 to show an e...
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Eleven area hospitals earn top ratingApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - Eleven hospitals in the North, Northwest and Western suburbs on Thursday received an "A" rating from the Leapfrog Group. The Leapfrog Group is a national organization fo...
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Aptinyx developing drug for PTSD treatmentApr 28, 2021 11:00 pm - EVANSTON - Aptinyx Inc. Thursday presented positive data from its Phase 2 study of a drug to treat patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. The study was presented ...
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NorthShore University HealthSystem named to Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals ListApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - NorthShore University HealthSystem - which includes Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview - has been named to this year's Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list for a...
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Pritzker signs measure to address racism in health care