Health Care
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Women, minorities shoulder front-line work during pandemic
May 01, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - As America tentatively emerges from weeks of lockdowns, it is becoming clear that the pandemic has taken its toll on workers who have been on the front lines ...
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Medicare applications raise anxiety for seniors in pandemic
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Poll: Cost makes nearly 1 in 10 leery of seeking COVID care
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KemperSports, Illinois PGA Foundation and FootJoy team up to support AMITA Health workers with Rain Suits for Responders ProgramApr 27, 2020 11:00 pm - KemperSports, the Illinois PGA Foundation and FootJoy have teamed up to form Rain Suits for Responders, a program to collect new or gently used men's and women's golf ra...
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Nursing home workers plan May 8 strike at 40 sites, including in Aurora, Barrington and Des PlainesApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Nursing home workers have authorized a May 8 strike date at 40 facilities in Chicago and the suburbs, putting pressure on operators to resolve a contract dispute amid th...
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Northwest Community Hospital sends off 100th recovered COVID-19 patient in grand styleApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Northwest Community Hospital sent off its 100th COVID-19 patient in grand fashion Monday afternoon. In a scene being replicated at hospitals across the country, the Arli...
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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...