Health Care
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Details emerge about suspect charged with murder in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Dec 10, 2024 6:58 am - After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was gunned down on a New York sidewalk, police searched for the masked gunman with dogs, drones and scuba divers. Officers used the city's muscular surveillance system. Investigators analyzed DNA samples, fingerprints and internet addresses. Police went door to door looking for witnesses.
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‘It’s a space for you’: Frontline Care Center offers mental health services to first responders and veteransDec 09, 2024 9:48 pm - Dozens of first responders, caregivers and local officials Monday welcomed what was described as a milestone in providing mental health services to emergency service personnel, veterans and their families.
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Advocate Children's Hospital seeks Magnet redesignation for nursing excellenceDec 09, 2024 5:25 pm - Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge pursues elite Magnet nursing credential. Find out how you can provide feedback by Jan. 17.
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Man in custody had a gun, mask and writings tying him to killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, police say
Dec 09, 2024 11:37 am - Police arrested a “strong person of interest” Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer who was found with a weapon and writings linking him to the ambush.
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Meridian Health to drop Northwestern Medicine from network in 2025
Dec 08, 2024 8:41 am - Health insurance provider Meridian Health no longer will accept Northwestern Medicine health system in network beginning Jan. 1, a health system spokesman confirmed.
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How RFK Jr.’s health proposals could affect Illinois
Dec 07, 2024 4:00 pm - Every new presidential administration comes with policy changes, but the incoming second administration of President-elect Donald Trump and his proposed secretary of Hea...
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‘We’re not impervious’: Lake County’s first-of-its-kind care center for first responders and veterans opensDec 07, 2024 4:00 pm - Frontline Care Center, Lake County’s first outpatient mental health site for current and former first responders and veterans is opening in Round Lake.
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Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO spotlights complex challenge companies face in protecting top brass
Dec 06, 2024 4:10 pm - He’s one of the most famous corporate leaders in the world, delivering products embraced by billions. But it’s the haters that companies like Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta worry about.
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UnitedHealth shooting dredges up enmity for health insurers
Dec 06, 2024 8:32 am - The shooting death of high-ranking UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson has uncovered a deep anger among Americans who say the health insurance industry has too often failed to cover large medical bills and stood in the way of necessary care.
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Police believe gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO has left New York City
Dec 06, 2024 7:17 am - NEW YORK — The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer may have fled the city on a bus, New York City police officials told CNN on Friday. Video of t...