Health Care
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Trump will undergo his annual physical Friday after years of reluctance to share medical information
Apr 11, 2025 8:10 am - Donald Trump is undergoing his annual physical on Friday, potentially giving the public its first details in years about the health of a man who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president.
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Nurses recall starting careers just as COVID-19 pandemic gripped worldApr 08, 2025 6:47 pm - Fresh out of nursing school, suburban nurses remember what it was like starting their careers just as the COVID-19 pandemic swept throughout the world.
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Illinois nursing homes seek Medicaid rate hike
Apr 08, 2025 12:27 pm - Nursing home industry officials are urging Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are forcing many facilities around the state out of business.
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Texas measles outbreak includes multiple cases at a day care in Lubbock
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Walgreens tops profit estimates as health-care unit improves
Apr 08, 2025 7:51 am - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. reported quarterly profit that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations, marking a strong performance in what is likely one of its last quarters as a public company.
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‘I’m alive’: Carol Stream man recalls near-fatal battle with COVIDApr 06, 2025 9:00 pm - Carol Stream resident Chuck Drungelo was given a less than 10% chance to survive as he battled COVID-19 in April 2020, at one point spending 19 days medically paralyzed and on artificial life support. Some effects of the illness continue to linger five years later, but “I’m alive,” he said.
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An Addison man had short-term health insurance. His colonoscopy bill: more than $7,000.
Apr 05, 2025 12:00 pm - An Addison man had short-term health insurance when he got a colonoscopy early last year at Elmhurst Hospital. Then the bill came. He owed more than $7,200.
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EnVogue Med & Wellness ending operations in MayApr 04, 2025 6:59 pm - EnVogue Med & Wellness, a concierge-style healthcare provider in Schaumburg, announces permanent closure on May 20, 2025 due to operational challenges.
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Believe it or not, there were some winners in the stock market this week
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US has twice as many measles cases so far this year than in all of 2024