Health Care
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Signs of the times: Messages of thanks and encouragement spring up outside suburban hospitalsApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Spring flowers aren't the only things popping up around area hospitals. Messages of encouragement, hope and gratitude are showing up at hospital entrances for health car...
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State list shows COVID-19 nursing home deaths more than doubleApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Coronavirus deaths tied to Illinois long-term care facilities more than doubled to 625 in the week since the state first revealed the list of nursing homes reporting out...
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When Boston doctors ran out of virus-testing swabs, they mobilized an army of 3-D printers
Apr 25, 2020 6:26 am - A month ago, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston was in trouble. The Italian supplier of swabs for coronavirus tests had been forced to halt shipments. The ho...
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Lab medical director explains how COVID-19 testing worksApr 25, 2020 1:00 am - Lab technologists are working around the clock in the Edward-Elmhurst Health system, which is one of 12 sites across the state running tests for the COVID‐19 virus. The...
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$18M in construction is done for COVID-19 facility in Elgin, but opening's on holdApr 24, 2020 1:00 am - The construction work to create an alternate care facility for COVID-19 patients in Elgin is done, but the opening has been delayed because there is no need for addition...
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Northwestern Memorial hospital taking part in global COVID-19 drug trial, and so far, so goodApr 24, 2020 1:00 am - Rheumatoid arthritis drug shows early promise, but more testing required
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'It's totally safe to come to the hospital': Edward, Elmhurst managing pandemicApr 23, 2020 5:30 am - The two West suburban hospitals in the Edward-Elmhurst Health system continue to have enough capacity in both beds and ventilators to manage the number of COVID-19 patie...
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4 suburban ICU nurses who help form the backbone of the coronavirus fightApr 23, 2020 5:30 am - Their patients can't see their faces, covered by masks and shields, hair nets and goggles, but they can hear the humanity in their voices. Theresa Vasquez speaks in the ...
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Nursing assistant's photos documenting 'rawness' of Good Shepherd ICU chosen for TV adApr 23, 2020 5:00 am - Certified nursing assistant Amy Jo Badowski began taking photos of her colleagues as a way to honor their work with patients infected with COVID-19 in an intensive care ...
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Big crowds on first day of COVID-19 testing facility in AuroraApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - A fourth state-run drive-through COVID-19 testing facility opened Thursday morning in Aurora to a long line of vehicles and reached capacity in just 4½ hours. Aurora pol...