Health Care
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Prosecutors charge suspect with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism
Dec 17, 2024 2:52 pm - The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from from a Pennsylvania jail.
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A bike accident led to a brain bleed. How a new procedure helped a Kildeer man recoverDec 17, 2024 1:44 pm - A Kildeer man who experienced a brain bleed after a bike accident agreed to try a new head trauma treatment at Lutheran General Hospital. His doctor believes it could help countless others.
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Trump weighs in on NY mayor, vaccines and drones in freewheeling press conference at Mar-a-Lago
Dec 16, 2024 2:09 pm - In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.
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‘Quite passionate about our mission’: Global provider of lab products builds new headquarters in Vernon HillsDec 15, 2024 5:51 am - Heathrow Scientific, a global provider of laboratory products used in clinical and research labs, consolidates its Vernon Hills operations in a new $20 million facility.
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Details emerge about suspect charged with murder in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Dec 10, 2024 6:58 am - After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was gunned down on a New York sidewalk, police searched for the masked gunman with dogs, drones and scuba divers. Officers used the city's muscular surveillance system. Investigators analyzed DNA samples, fingerprints and internet addresses. Police went door to door looking for witnesses.
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‘It’s a space for you’: Frontline Care Center offers mental health services to first responders and veteransDec 09, 2024 9:48 pm - Dozens of first responders, caregivers and local officials Monday welcomed what was described as a milestone in providing mental health services to emergency service personnel, veterans and their families.
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Advocate Children's Hospital seeks Magnet redesignation for nursing excellenceDec 09, 2024 5:25 pm - Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge pursues elite Magnet nursing credential. Find out how you can provide feedback by Jan. 17.
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Man in custody had a gun, mask and writings tying him to killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, police say
Dec 09, 2024 11:37 am - Police arrested a “strong person of interest” Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer who was found with a weapon and writings linking him to the ambush.
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Meridian Health to drop Northwestern Medicine from network in 2025
Dec 08, 2024 8:41 am - Health insurance provider Meridian Health no longer will accept Northwestern Medicine health system in network beginning Jan. 1, a health system spokesman confirmed.
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How RFK Jr.’s health proposals could affect Illinois
Dec 07, 2024 4:00 pm - Every new presidential administration comes with policy changes, but the incoming second administration of President-elect Donald Trump and his proposed secretary of Hea...