Health Care
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‘It really does make business sense’: Lake Zurich firm earns accolade for green practicesDec 05, 2024 2:35 pm - Alpha Tekniko, which designs and makes products for the health care industry, is the 2024 winner of Lake Zurich’s Green Business Award for integrating eco-friendly practices in daily operations.
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'Deny,' 'defend' and 'depose': Ammunition used in CEO’s killing had writing on it, AP source says
Dec 05, 2024 8:48 am - The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk used ammunition emblazoned with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose,” a law enforcement official said Thursday.
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Whooping cough rises sharply in McHenry County
Dec 04, 2024 12:54 pm - Eleven cases of whooping cough were reported in November in McHenry County, according to a newly updated McHenry County Department of Health report.
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Majority of Supreme Court seems reluctant to block state bans on medical treatments for minors
Dec 04, 2024 12:19 pm - Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, a majority of the Supreme Court seemed reluctant Wednesday to block Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
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A shooter kills UnitedHealthcare's CEO in an ambush in New York, police say
Dec 04, 2024 9:26 am - UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed Wednesday morning in what investigators suspect was a targeted shooting outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding an investor conference.
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Nearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade, study shows
Dec 03, 2024 3:53 pm - Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021, research shows. Black and Latino neighborhoods were most vulnerable to the retail pharmacy closures, which can chip away at already-limited care options.
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Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy
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.
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Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans
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.
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‘A very hot issue’: U.S. towns plunge into debates about fluoride in water
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. ...
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Local nonprofit recognizes Advocate Lutheran General teammates with bouquet deliveryNov 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...