Health Care
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Greater Family Health opens 12th health center in Des PlainesAug 21, 2025 10:34 pm - Greater Family Health, a major community health center in Illinois, opened its 12th location in Des Plaines on Aug. 18.
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FDA’s new expert panels are rife with financial conflicts and fringe views
Aug 18, 2025 10:38 am - When the Food and Drug Administration needs outside guidance, it normally turns to a trusted source: a large roster of expert advisers who are carefully vetted for their independence, credentials and judgment. But increasingly, the agency isn’t calling them.
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Kane County Health Department offers free Behavioral Health Interpreter TrainingAug 17, 2025 1:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department is hosting a free Behavioral Health Interpreter Training to improve communication for non-English speakers.
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Mercyhealth agrees to $1M settlement for religious discrimination over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Aug 16, 2025 11:00 am - Mercyhealth health care system has agreed to pay more than $1 million to employees and offered to reinstate employees who were terminated for refusing to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine policy for religious reasons.
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Oakton College’s Workforce Empowerment Initiative receives nearly $1M grant to expand high-impact training programsAug 14, 2025 11:15 am - Oakton College in Des Plaines has received a $941,241 Illinois Workforce Empowerment Initiative grant to expand career training programs that advance economic mobility for students in high-demand fields.
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Homelessness report highlights urgent housing needs in Kane CountyAug 14, 2025 11:10 am - Last year, more than 1,700 people experienced homelessness in Kane County, according to a recent report.
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‘I’ve got questions’: Town hall to address proposed closure of Elk Grove hospital’s maternity wardAug 13, 2025 5:39 pm - Elk Grove Village officials have scheduled a town hall for residents to question Ascension Illinois executives about the proposed closure of the maternity ward at Ascension Alexian Brothers Medical Center.
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Why many Americans are rethinking alcohol, according to a new Gallup poll
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Palatine Township mental health board approves agreement to receive fundsAug 12, 2025 3:36 pm - The recently created Palatine Township Community Mental Health Board voted to pursue an intergovernmental agreement with Palatine Township to help bridge the board’s funding gap before it can collect its first taxes in 2026.
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While promoting vaccines, Pritzker takes shots at Trump administrationAug 12, 2025 1:27 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker took shots at President Donald Trump’s administration while promoting childhood vaccinations in Wheeling.