Health Care
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US moves ahead on tariffs with investigations into computer chips and pharmaceuticals
Apr 15, 2025 7:51 am - The Trump administration has taken its next steps toward imposing more tariffs on key imports, launching investigations into imports of computer chips, chip making equipment and pharmaceuticals.
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Northwestern hit with 100 stop-work orders for federal projects
Apr 11, 2025 9:25 am - Northwestern University said researchers with federal grants received 100 stop-work orders, hitting projects in areas including medicine and engineering.
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Trump will undergo his annual physical Friday after years of reluctance to share medical information
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Nurses recall starting careers just as COVID-19 pandemic gripped worldApr 08, 2025 6:47 pm - Fresh out of nursing school, suburban nurses remember what it was like starting their careers just as the COVID-19 pandemic swept throughout the world.
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Illinois nursing homes seek Medicaid rate hike
Apr 08, 2025 12:27 pm - Nursing home industry officials are urging Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are forcing many facilities around the state out of business.
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Texas measles outbreak includes multiple cases at a day care in Lubbock
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Walgreens tops profit estimates as health-care unit improves
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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.