Health Care
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Baxter to fund $3.5 million scholarship programJan 12, 2022 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International Inc., Thursday introduced a new $3.5 million collaboration to support students...
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Haymarket sues Itasca over village's rejection of addiction rehab centerJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - Haymarket Center filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the village of Itasca, claiming officials violated civil rights laws by rejecting plans for an addiction treatme...
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Almost half of patients at McHenry County's Northwestern Medicine hospitals have COVID-19Jan 09, 2022 12:00 am - As many as half of the patients hospitalized in Northwestern Medicine's over-capacity McHenry County hospitals have COVID-19, hospital officials said. Now, Northwestern ...
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OrthoIllinois CEO retires, successor namedJan 06, 2022 10:00 pm - OrthoIllinois, a bone and joint health care provider based in Rockford with medical offices in Algonquin, Elgin and McHenry, said CEO Don Schreiner has retired after a 2...
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COVID-19 testing sites are popping up. Here's how you can avoid questionable ones.Jan 06, 2022 12:00 am - As new cases of COVID-19 have grown in recent weeks, so have complaints about several suburban testing clinics that have left customers without promised results or delay...
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Kovach Eye Institute first in Illinois to perform innovative laser vision correction technologyJan 05, 2022 10:00 pm - Kovach Eye Institute in Elmhurst is the first ophthalmology practice in the state of Illinois to perform the SMILE procedure, the latest advancement in laser vision corr...
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Vaccinations, tests give Walgreens a sales joltJan 05, 2022 10:00 pm - COVID-19 vaccines and testing boosted Walgreens store sales growth to levels not seen in more than two decades, pushing the drugstore chain well above Wall Street expect...
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NorthShore, Edward-Elmhurst hospital groups merger approved by regulatorsJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - Federal and state regulators have approved a merger by two suburban hospital groups creating the third-largest medical system in the state. Officials from NorthShore Uni...
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Surgalign expands digital health capabilitiesJan 04, 2022 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD — Surgalign Holdings Inc., a global medical technology company, Wednesday said it acquired an equity interest in Inteneural Networks Inc. in Chicago. The deal ...
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Appellate court refuses to make Elgin hospital give ivermectin to patientDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - An appellate court has refused to make an Elgin hospital give the controversial drug ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient as a treatment. The 2nd District Appellate Court ru...