Health Care
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Session recap: Bills would allow pharmacists to administer preventive HIV meds, fentanyl test strips
Apr 14, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legislation allowing pharmacists to administer or dispense preventive HIV medication and fentanyl testing strips were among health-related measures passed ...
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Option Care Health acquires specialty nursing providerApr 11, 2022 11:00 pm - BANNOCKBURN - Option Care Health Inc., the largest independent provider of home and alternate site infusion services in the U.S., Tuesday said it has completed a $60 mil...
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Aptar announces passing of Director Jesse WuApr 10, 2022 11:00 pm - CRYSTAL LAKE - AptarGroup Inc. Monday announced the death of Jesse Wu, a director of the company since 2018. Wu served on the board's Management Development & Compensati...
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Legislature approves incentives to increase staffing in nursing homes
Apr 07, 2022 1:00 am - By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would inject more than $700 million annually into Medicaid-funded nursi...
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Experimental diabetes drug fails studyApr 06, 2022 11:00 pm - EVANSTON - Biopharmaceutical company Aptinyx Inc. Thursday said a drug it is studying to treat patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy failed a recent clini...
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Simplify Healthcare's growth recognizedApr 05, 2022 11:00 pm - AURORA - Simplify Healthcare was ranked No. 135 in the Financial Times' special report: The America's Fastest Growing Private Companies 2022. The Financial Times' third ...
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House advances bill protecting nursing home visitation rights
Apr 05, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House advanced a measure Monday that aims to ensure nursing home patients have a right to visitors even amid a public health emergency. Senate...
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Millennium Trust to acquire HSA provider in NebraskaApr 04, 2022 11:00 pm - OAK BROOK - Millennium Trust Co. LLC, a provider of retirement and financial services for employers, institutions, advisers and individuals, Tuesday said it has signed a...
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New robotic surgery system arrives at McHenry HospitalApr 02, 2022 1:00 am - MCHENRY - Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital is the most recent Northwestern Medicine hospital to offer patients the da Vinci Xi, a robotic surgical system that allo...
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House passes $35-a-month insulin cap as Dems seek wider bill
Apr 01, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on p...