Health Care
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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
Apr 04, 2025 5:24 pm - NEW YORK — Most of the numbers on Wall Street this week were bright red, but not all of them. Companies that focus on food, health care and other necessities gained grou...
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US has twice as many measles cases so far this year than in all of 2024
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Vetter’s $163 million expansion plan faces big vote in Des PlainesApr 03, 2025 1:05 pm - A German pharmaceutical company’s $163 million plan to expand its Des Plaines facility could get a key go-ahead from the city council Monday.
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Newly elected Wheeling Township board could levy tax for mental healthApr 03, 2025 7:55 am - Newly elected Wheeling Township Supervisor Maria Zeller Brauer said she intends to help get a new tax to fund the township’s mental health board out of the deep freeze.
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Prosecutors directed to seek death penalty against UnitedHealthcare killing suspect
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FDA’s top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency’s leadership