Health Care
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Area Advocate hospitals named to Newsweek's maternity listJun 12, 2022 11:00 pm - Nine Advocate Aurora Health hospitals in Chicago, the suburbs and Wisconsin were named to Newsweek's America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2022 list. The list names the top...
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Hybrid work can lead to body painJun 12, 2022 1:00 am - A hybrid work model that blends in-office and remote work could increase your risk of occupational overuse injury. Jaclyn Schon, OT, an occupational therapist at Northw...
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Hybrid work calls for hybrid benefitsJun 12, 2022 1:00 am - The pandemic was a catalyst for many consumer and commercial services going digital and that helped bring a lot of maturity to that inevitable technological progress. B...
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Carpal tunnel syndrome affects millionsJun 12, 2022 1:00 am - Our hands are incredible, complex tools. They can create music, hold an infant and type the words to a best-selling novel or simple text message. You use your hands thr...
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Former state health director Ezike under scrutiny by ethics investigatorJun 10, 2022 1:00 am - The state's former public health director - a well-regarded adviser to Gov. J.B. Pritzker during the COVID-19 crisis - is under investigation by a state ethics agency fo...
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Illinois averaging 10 COVID-19 deaths daily this week while hospitalizations level offJun 10, 2022 1:00 am - Fewer than 200 Illinois residents' COVID-19 deaths were reported in May, the lowest amount for any month since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 when 99 deaths wer...
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Pritzker signs bill to expand mental health workforce
Jun 10, 2022 1:00 am - Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Friday aimed at expanding the state's mental health workforce and i...
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Lake Zurich man sentenced to year in prison for Medicare fraudJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake Zurich man who operated a home health care company was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding Medicare. Henry Smilie, 61, billed Medica...
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Moderna says updated COVID shot boosts omicron protection
Jun 08, 2022 1:00 am - Moderna's experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the omicron variant appears to work, the company announced Wednesday. COV...
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Health care workers rally in Oakbrook Terrace to call attention to staffing shortages
Jun 08, 2022 1:00 am - Hospitals in Illinois and across the country are short-staffed, according to the union representing 90,000 health care support staff in four states. Roughly 50 members f...