Health Care
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Thousands of US health care workers go on strike in multiple states over wages and staff shortages
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Some 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers walked off the job Wednesday in multiple states, kicking off a major health care strike in an extraordinary year for ...
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Haymarket sign goes up, but Itasca 'stands by' decision to reject drug rehab centerOct 03, 2023 7:00 pm - Haymarket Center has put its name atop the former Holiday Inn in Itasca amid a legal fight over whether the nonprofit group can use the hotel building as an addiction tr...
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Trailblazing Advocate president ready to face health industry challengesOct 03, 2023 5:00 am - Being the only person of color in a corporate board room isn't unusual for Dia Nichols. For the last two years, the Inverness resident has served as president of the Cen...
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Biden says that all 10 drugs targeted for the first Medicare price negotiations will participate
Oct 03, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the manufacturers of all of the first 10 prescription drugs selected for Medicare's first price negotiations have...
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Hoffman Estates rehabilitation and health care center celebrates grand opening of in-house dialysis unitOct 02, 2023 11:00 pm - State Sen. Cristina Castro and Mayor William "Bill" McLeod joined health care leaders and staff of Alden Poplar Creek Rehabilitation and Health Care Center to celebrate ...
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Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for work that enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Oct 02, 2023 1:00 am - STOCKHOLM - Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in sl...
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NSSC House of Welcome celebrates 40 years of service on Oct. 26Sep 27, 2023 11:00 pm - Community residents are invited to help North Shore Senior Center (NSSC) celebrate 40 years of enriching the lives of families touched by memory loss. Two events will b...
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Aronow installed as medical society's presidentSep 27, 2023 11:00 pm - ROSEMONT - Dr. Michael S. Aronow, an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon, was named the president of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society. Rosemont-based AOFAS is...
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NCH requests applications for community fundingSep 27, 2023 11:00 pm - Community-connected care is at the essence of Northwest Community Healthcare's mission Submitted by NorthShore - Edwards-Elmhurst Health NorthShore - Edwards-Elmhurst H...
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Simpson named first chief health equity executiveSep 27, 2023 11:00 pm - Transplant surgeon Dr. Dinee Simpson has been named the first chief health equity executive at Northwestern Medicine. In this new position, Simpson will lead the formati...