Health Care
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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...
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Transitional Care changes name to HealthBridge Arlington HeightsMay 12, 2020 9:00 pm - Transitional Care, which opened as the first stand-alone, short-term rehabilitation center in the Northwest suburbs in 2015, on Tuesday officially transitioned to its ne...
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Lake County's first Planned Parenthood facility opens in WaukeganMay 12, 2020 1:00 am - Planned Parenthood opened its first facility in the North suburbs Tuesday with the launch of a medical office in Lake County. The Waukegan Health Center, 1601 N Lewis Av...
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Illinois Bone & Joint Institute Begins COVID-19 Testing for Surgical PatientsMay 11, 2020 11:00 pm - DES PLAINES, Ill., May 12th, 2020 - Illinois Bone & Joint Institute (IBJI), the largest independent, physician-owned orthopedic practice in Illinois, began COVID-19 test...
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Abbott gets FDA OK for second antibody testMay 11, 2020 1:00 am - Abbott Laboratories has received emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to produce a second COVID-19 antibody test. The North Chicago-based medica...
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Northwestern hospitals taking 'measured approach' to resuming elective proceduresMay 11, 2020 1:00 am - Northwestern Medicine, like many health systems across the state, is resuming treatment for patients whose care was delayed because of COVID-19. Hospitals in mid-March p...
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Video call with family gave Round Lake woman the motivation to survive COVID-19, she saysMay 09, 2020 1:00 am - Jeanne Hansen said being able to connect with her daughters via an iPad played a big role in recovering from COVID-19. Just three weeks ago, the 63-year-old didn't think...
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COVID-19 nursing home deaths climb to 1,553 — 48% of state totalMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - Coronavirus outbreaks continue to ravage Illinois nursing homes as new state data show at least 1,553 deaths associated with long-term care facilities. The death toll cl...
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Agreement reached to avert strike at area nursing homesMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - A union representing nursing home workers and an association of roughly 100 nursing homes in and around Chicago reached a deal to avoid a strike that could have started ...
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'You have to take this serious. It's not a joke': Aurora COVID-19 survivors tell their storiesMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - Ron Walker never believed he would get COVID-19. Even when he developed a fever that wouldn't break, the 51-year-old Aurora man thought he would be fine. But his wife kn...