Health Care
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Flu shots available at Des Plaines Library Oct. 14Oct 06, 2025 1:23 pm - With fall around the corner, Democratic State Sen. Laura Murphy of Des Plaines is joining Ascension Holy Family to host a free flu vaccination event to ensure residents of the 28th District stay protected from sickness this flu season.
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Elmhurst native wins Nobel Prize in medicine for key immune system discoveries
Oct 06, 2025 12:27 pm - A suburban native is among three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies.
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No-cost flu shot clinics planned in Elgin, BartlettOct 06, 2025 12:06 pm - Illinois Sen. Cristina Castro is partnering with Ascension Illinois, Elgin Township and Hanover Township for two not-cost flu shot clinics in her 22nd District this month.
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The Biz Week That Was: Bears stadium impact, a new Costco Business Center, and federal government shutdown fallout are among the highlightsOct 04, 2025 1:30 pm - Arlington Heights could collect $15 million a year from Bears stadium, but costs still unknown Economic impact reports released by Arlington Heights officials Tuesda...
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Legionnaires’ disease investigation tied to Bloomingdale nursing facilityOct 02, 2025 1:58 pm - Public health authorities are investigating a cluster of two cases of Legionnaires’ disease in individuals who were at or near the Alden Valley Ridge Rehabilitation and Health Center, a skilled nursing facility in Bloomingdale.
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Everybody in Washington hates a shutdown until it becomes a useful tool
Oct 02, 2025 9:07 am - The U.S. government had shut down, and Donald Trump was calling on Democrats and Republicans to work together to get out of the mess.
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Government shutdown begins as nation faces new period of uncertainty
Oct 01, 2025 7:27 am - Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.
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Lurie Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center celebrates opening in SchaumburgSep 30, 2025 3:47 pm - Local officials welcomed the opening of the Lurie Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center in Schaumburg Tuesday with some words on what it will do for the community and what the community can do for it.
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A student ‘womb service’ works covertly to deliver contraception at DePaul
Sep 30, 2025 6:59 am - College student Maya Roman has the handoff down to a science: a text message, a walk to a designated site, and a paper bag delivered with condoms and Plan B emergency contraception. At DePaul University, it’s the only way students can get a sliver of sexual health support, she said.
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US government on brink of first shutdown in almost 7 years amid partisan standoff in Congress
Sep 30, 2025 6:42 am - A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress unable to find agreement even as thousands of federal workers stand to be furloughed or laid off.