Health Care
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How Wheeling police are working to better assist nonverbal residentsAug 06, 2021 5:30 am - A new Wheeling Police Department program aims to help officers and firefighters better assist people who have limited or no verbal skills because of autism, dementia or ...
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Schaumburg to host blood drive Aug. 24Aug 05, 2021 1:00 am - The village of Schaumburg will host its next community blood drive from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, at The Barn, 231 Civic Drive in Schaumburg. The event is co-s...
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Advocate Aurora Health to require vaccination for employeesAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Advocate Aurora Health will require employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct. 15. The mandate affects about 75,000 people, including medical staff, employees...
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Arlington Heights health center gets $3.2 million from Rescue PlanJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights-based federally qualified health center has received $3.2 million as part of a recent award of stimulus funds for vaccine efforts and to enhance ser...
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State advises some Hoffman Estates clinic mammogram patients to seek second opinionJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is urging those who've had a mammogram performed at a Hoffman Estates medical imaging clinic since Oct. 17, 2019, to seek a seco...
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These suburban hospitals rank among the state's best in new rankingsJul 27, 2021 1:00 am - Several suburban hospitals, including Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Edward Hospital in Naperville and Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Gro...
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Pritzker signs bills expanding access to mental health careJul 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois residents will soon have greater access to mental health services under measures Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Friday. Starting Jan. 1, most ...
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Pritzker signs bill allowing over-the-counter birth control
Jul 22, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed a law allowing pharmacists to assess and prescribe hormonal birth control to patients, a move Pritzker and champions of the bill ca...
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A potential lifesaver: Winfield hospital to study drug for deadliest type of strokeJul 19, 2021 5:30 am - Back in the '90s, a breakthrough drug revolutionized the treatment of strokes caused by a clot in a blood vessel to the brain. More recently, doctors added catheter proc...
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DuPage Medical Group outage resolved, but 'minimal delays' may remainJul 19, 2021 1:00 am - DuPage Medical Group is still investigating what caused a network outage that lasted nearly a week. A spokeswoman for the Downers Grove-based health care system said Mon...