Health Care
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Baxter highlights new home dialysis at conferenceNov 06, 2022 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Baxter International Inc., an innovator in kidney care, gave 14 data presentations at the Kidney Week 2022 conference last weekend in Orlando, Florida. The c...
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Cook County launches campaign to boost vaccination ratesNov 06, 2022 12:00 am - With Thanksgiving and the holidays approaching, along with an expected rise in cases of COVID, seasonal flu and RSV, Cook County is trying to get ahead of the wave by la...
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Pharmaceutical company to lay off 275 in LibertyvilleNov 05, 2022 1:00 am - Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis announced it will be closing its gene therapy manufacturing facility in Libertyville in a move that will affect about 275 workers. ...
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Aptinyx gets $5.6 million grant to study opioid treatment drugNov 02, 2022 11:00 pm - EVANSTON - Aptinyx Inc. said it will receive a $5.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the development of NYX-783, a drug for the treatment ...
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AptarGroup's sales, income increases in quarterNov 01, 2022 1:00 am - CRYSTAL LAKE - AptarGroup Inc. said net income of $54 million in its fiscal year third quarter ended Sept. 30 is a 15% increase over the prior year. Reported sales grew ...
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'Unprecedented' surge in RSV cases filling up pediatric ICU bedsOct 29, 2022 1:00 am - At first, Logan Bentley had a low-grade fever and no other signs of illness. But several days later, the Geneva toddler had trouble breathing. His mom noticed his nostri...
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In 'Good Nurse,' a serial killer exposes the health care system
Oct 25, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Charles Cullen is by some estimates the most prolific serial killer in American history. But when Krysty Wilson-Cairns began writing the script about his capt...
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Senior home manager acquitted of some charges related to death of resident left in cold vanOct 24, 2022 1:00 am - A manager at a Westmont senior-living residence was acquitted Monday of some of the charges he faces in connection with the death of a 96-year-old resident. Regina Adami...
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Nancy Pelosi hears about providers' fears about reproductive rights at Downers Grove eventOct 21, 2022 1:00 am - Scared patients. Long waits for procedures. Doctors afraid of prosecution for how they treat patients. Panelists on a discussion Friday about abortion and other reproduc...
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Which suburban hospitals are sticking with masks to keep COVID-19 at bayOct 21, 2022 1:00 am - It's not universal, but a number of health care systems and their affiliated hospitals in the suburbs will continue to require face masks. On Monday, the state relaxed C...