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Vetter’s $163 million expansion plan faces big vote in Des Plaines

By Russell Lissau
Apr 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.
Newly elected Wheeling Township board could levy tax for mental health

By Steve Zalusky
Apr 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.
Prosecutors directed to seek death penalty against UnitedHealthcare killing suspect

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Apr 01, 2025 10:47 am - U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel on Dec. 4.
FDA’s top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency’s leadership

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Apr 01, 2025 8:53 am - The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post as sweeping cuts hit the agency and staffers across the federal health workforce Tuesday.
Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food

By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Apr 01, 2025 7:09 am - Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.
Edward Foundation awards $36,000 in nursing scholarships

By Keith Hartenberger, Endeavor Health
Mar 31, 2025 12:42 pm - The Edward Foundation has awarded $36,000 in nursing scholarships to eight Endeavor Health Edward Hospital team members who are pursuing a degree or advanced degree in nursing.
The Biz Week That Was: Pickleball saves big boxes, anxiety over auto tariffs, and townhouses at Bell Works

Daily Herald report
Mar 29, 2025 1:50 pm - How pickleball is revitalizing vacant big-box spaces across suburbs The rise of e-commerce has reshaped the retail landscape, leaving big vacancies in dozens of shop...
Walgreens to pay more than $2.8M to settle allegations of overbilling Medicaid programs

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Mar 27, 2025 2:38 pm - Walgreen Co. has agreed to pay more than $2.8 million to resolve allegations it violated the federal, Massachusetts and Georgia False Claims Acts by submitting inflated prices for certain generic medications, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for District of Massachusetts.
Illinois is losing $125 million in federal grants for disease prevention

By Marni Pyke
Mar 26, 2025 7:58 pm - The funding was allocated as part of COVID-19 relief and was slated for public health labs and vaccinations.
Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism

By Lena H. Sun, Fenit Nirappil
Mar 25, 2025 7:19 pm - A vaccine skeptic who has long promoted false claims about the connection between immunizations and autism has been tapped by the federal government to conduct a critical study of possible links between the two, according to current and former federal health officials.

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