Health Care
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Illinois Bone & Joint Institute opens Kildeer officeJun 03, 2020 11:00 pm - KILDEER - Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, the largest independent, physician-owned orthopedic practice in Illinois, has opened a new physician office at 21481 N. Rand R...
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Help for girls with eating disorders opening in NapervilleJun 02, 2020 1:00 am - A facility to help adolescent girls address eating disorders before they suffer long-term consequences is set to open early this month in Naperville. Clementine Nap...
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Silver Cross receives Walmart Community grantsMay 26, 2020 1:00 am - NEW LENOX - The Silver Cross Foundation has partnered with the Walmart Foundation, which has made it their mission to create opportunity so people can live better one co...
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Microsoft unveils cloud tools tailored for health-care systems
May 23, 2020 6:00 am - Microsoft unveiled a package of cloud software designed for health care systems, starting with a free trial to help the industry weather a viral pandemic that is both in...
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Owners of COVID-19 sites that haven't opened asking the state for millions in rentMay 23, 2020 5:00 am - While former hospitals in Elgin and other towns so far go unneeded in the fight against COVID-19, the question of how much Illinois will pay to rent the facilities is pl...
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Walgreens chief takes new job in TennesseeMay 22, 2020 4:00 pm - Walgreens President Richard Ashworth is leaving the position he's held for three months to become the head of Tivity Health, the Nashville-based health and fitness compa...
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Latest nursing home stats: State now identifies only those with current outbreaksMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - Illinoisans will no longer be able to sift through historical data on coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes. State public health officials on Friday published figures o...
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Increased testing causes rise of confirmed COVID-19 cases at Wheeling's Addolorata VillaMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - Confirmed COVID-19 cases among residents of the Addolorata Villa assisted living center in Wheeling increased to 57 from six over the past two weeks, according to state ...
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Critical blood shortage declared as collection drives canceledMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - The coronavirus has led to 270 blood drives being canceled since early March in the Chicago area, creating a critical blood shortage, Vitalant announced. The nation's la...
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Constable: It's her job to tell people they have COVID-19, which elicits tears and fearsMay 21, 2020 5:00 am - Almost everybody who gets a phone call from Elizabeth Thorn of the NorthShore University HealthSystem's COVID-19 hotline has the same initial reaction. “A sharp intake o...