Health Care
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BCEN launches new certificate programMay 21, 2020 1:00 am - OAK BROOK - The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing has launched BCEN EDvantage, a new emergency nursing certificate program designed to give final-year nursing...
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Meet the winners of the Daily Herald and College of DuPage Nominate a Nurse contestMay 20, 2020 6:00 am - Many world leaders have likened the COVID-19 pandemic to a war. Health care professionals are on a global front line battling a deadly virus. To highlight the hard work ...
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Life Fitness to sell face coveringsMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - ROSEMONT - Fitness equipment company Life Fitness is producing and sell nonmedical, reusable face coverings in its global manufacturing plants. The Life Fitness branded ...
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With added precautions in place, Northwest Community Healthcare resumes elective proceduresMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - Elective procedures have resumed at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights and other Northwest Community Healthcare facilities, the health care organization a...
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Study: McHenry, Will counties have higher-risk COVID-19 populationsMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - McHenry and Will counties have not been hit as hard by coronavirus as some other parts of the Chicago area but might see greater devastation if an outbreak occurs becaus...
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Healthy Partners helps outMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - Homewatch CareGivers of Naperville has launched the Healthy Partners program to provide resources to those who need them most during the COVID-19 pandemic. Owner Dennise...
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NCH resume elective surgeries and outpatient diagnostic servicesMay 18, 2020 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) allowed hospitals across the state to resume elective procedures on Monday, May 11 once certain requirements related to p...
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Lawsuit accuses Geneva nursing home of failing to follow coronavirus guidelinesMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - The family of a Bria of Geneva resident who died from coronavirus complications has sued the nursing home, claiming it failed to implement adequate measures to prevent t...
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Fearing COVID-19, older people alter their living wills
May 17, 2020 6:20 am - DENVER - Last month, Minna Buck revised a document specifying her wishes should she become critically ill. "No intubation," she wrote in large letters on the form, makin...
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Illinois' COVID-19 nursing home death toll nears 2,000May 15, 2020 1:00 am - A devastating coronavirus crisis in Illinois nursing homes and other long-term care facilities has claimed nearly 2,000 lives, according to new state data released Frida...