Health Care
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Advocate fights food insecurity with farmJun 14, 2023 11:00 pm - BARRINGTON — Advocate Health Care launched a new cross-county initiative to reduce food insecurity — and thereby improve health outcomes — for patients in-need across it...
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Walgreens helps in trial of potential cancer testsJun 14, 2023 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Walgreens and San Francisco-based Freenome Thursday announced a multiyear relationship to advance clinical studies of Freenome's blood-based tests for the ea...
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Poles hold protests demanding liberalized abortion law after death of pregnant woman
Jun 14, 2023 1:00 am - WARSAW, Poland - Poles demanding a liberalization of the abortion law protested in Warsaw and other Polish cities on Wednesday after a woman who was five months pregnant...
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NABP acquires patient safety tool from ChronicledJun 13, 2023 11:00 pm - MOUNT PROSPECT - The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy said Wednesday it acquired the MediLedger Product Verification System (PVS) from Chronicled Inc. The asso...
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Friendship Village retirement community in Schaumburg files for bankruptcy protectionJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - Citing industrywide hardships from the COVID-19 pandemic, Friendship Village of Schaumburg - the largest continuing care retirement community in the state - has filed fo...
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Health care workers who cover up patient abuse now face stiffer penaltiesJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law on Friday that strengthens the range of penalties that a state watchdog can mete out for health care employees who conspire to ...
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WBA sells remaining shares of Option Care HealthJun 11, 2023 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. said it has sold its remaining 10.8 million shares of Option Care Health Inc. common stock for about $330 million. The company ...
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Edward-Elmhurst Health earns workplace certificationJun 11, 2023 11:00 pm - NAPERVILLE - Mental Health America said Edward-Elmhurst Health has been awarded its 2022-23 Platinum Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health. The Bell Seal is a first-of-i...
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McHenry County moving forward with $3.1 million memory care wing at nursing home
Jun 11, 2023 1:00 am - After more than a year of planning, McHenry County is taking concrete steps toward bidding out a new memory care wing at its Valley Hi nursing home. Two McHenry County B...
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Longtime Danish Home staff member has a commitment to caringJun 08, 2023 11:00 pm - Teresa Carter always had a feeling she would work as a service provider to older adults. It took until her 40s, though, to pursue a career in nursing and realize her cal...