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Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy

Associated Press
Nov 27, 2024 1:57 pm - President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition.
Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans

By AMANDA SEITZ
Nov 26, 2024 9:32 am - Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning.
‘A very hot issue’: U.S. towns plunge into debates about fluoride in water

By MIKE STOBBE
Nov 23, 2024 2:00 pm - NEW YORK — For about 50 years, adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water was a popular public health measure in Yorktown, a leafy town north of New York City. ...
Local nonprofit recognizes Advocate Lutheran General teammates with bouquet delivery

Submitted by Advocate Health Care
Nov 18, 2024 2:48 pm - More than 200 floral arrangements were delivered to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital on Nov. 14 to recognize and bring joy to teammates across the Park Ridge campus. Th...
Advocate Health Care hospitals receive high marks for safety

Daily Herald report
Nov 18, 2024 1:22 pm - Advocate Health Care has received two “A” grades from The Leapfrog Group on its fall 2024 patient safety report card. Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades are assigned to...
Wisconsin’s high court to hear oral arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid

By TODD RICHMOND
Nov 11, 2024 7:03 am - The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.
Hoffman Estates aims to become ‘Dementia Friendly’ community

Daily Herald report
Nov 08, 2024 4:08 pm - Hoffman Estates officials say the village is committed to becoming a certified Dementia Friendly Community through the Dementia Friendly America initiative. The effort i...
How much influence could RFK Jr. have over vaccines in Trump’s government?

By Dan Diamond, Lauren Weber, Lena H. Sun, Rachel Roubein
Nov 08, 2024 3:09 pm - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years questioning the federal agencies in charge of vaccine production and safety. Now he is poised to potentially oversee those agencies in a second Trump administration, giving him a major platform to amplify his skepticism of the lifesaving shots and shape what Americans learn about them.
9 tips for choosing a Medicare prescription drug plan

By Katherine Ellison
Nov 08, 2024 4:19 am - Medicare Part D is complex and can come with pitfalls — most significantly, plan terms and costs change every year. Here are more unsettling lessons you should know before choosing a plan.
Strike at Boeing part of new era of labor activism long in decline at U.S. workplaces

Associated Press
Nov 05, 2024 2:19 pm - Organized labor has made itself heard over the past couple of years, and the number of actions taken by unions has soared. There were 470 work stoppages involving roughly 539,000 workers last year, according to Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. The nearly 500 work stoppages resulted in about 24,874,522 strike days.

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