Health Care
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Joint Commission announces standards reductionDec 20, 2022 10:00 pm - OAKBROOK TERRACE - The Joint Commission Wednesday said it is eliminating 168 standards and revising 14 others across its accreditation programs to streamline requirement...
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Loved or hated, Fauci's parting advice: Stick to the science
Dec 19, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Long before the bobbleheads and the "Fauci ouchie," Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases - and "stick with the science" remain...
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Health officials revise tool to track severe obesity in kidsDec 17, 2022 12:00 am - U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released T...
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College of American Pathologists names new senior vice presidentDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - BUSINESS WIRE NORTHFIELD - Winifred L. Williams recently joined the College of American Pathologists (CAP) as senior vice president, Communications, Governance Services,...
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Amgen to buy Horizon Therapeutics in $26.4 billion deal
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Walgreens offers free delivery of COVID medicineDec 07, 2022 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Walgreens said Thursday it will offer free delivery, in partnership with DoorDash and Uber, of Paxlovid, a COVID-19 oral antiviral therapy, directly to the d...
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Advocate Good Shepherd applies for third Magnet designation in 2023Dec 04, 2022 10:00 pm - Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital was designated as a Magnet organization in 2013 and in 2018, by the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program. This prestigious designation recogn...
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Stericycle sells division for $45 millionNov 30, 2022 10:00 pm - BANNOCKBURN - Stericycle Inc., a provider of regulated medical waste management and secure information destruction solutions, Thursday said it has completed the sale of ...
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ORS system used in its first liver transplantsNov 30, 2022 10:00 pm - ITASCA - Organ Recovery Systems announced the first liver transplants using its new transporter device. The surgeries were done at Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey a...
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'Am I dreaming or am I alive?' Thanksgiving has special meaning for this double transplant recipientNov 24, 2022 4:30 am - In August, as Patricio Collera was wheeled into the operating room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago for a rare and complicated surgery, he told his wife, Eve...