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How RFK Jr.’s health proposals could affect Illinois

By Ben Szalinski
Dec 07, 2024 4:00 pm - Every new presidential administration comes with policy changes, but the incoming second administration of President-elect Donald Trump and his proposed secretary of Hea...
‘We’re not impervious’: Lake County’s first-of-its-kind care center for first responders and veterans opens

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 07, 2024 4:00 pm - Frontline Care Center, Lake County’s first outpatient mental health site for current and former first responders and veterans is opening in Round Lake.
Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO spotlights complex challenge companies face in protecting top brass

By ADAM GELLER, CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Dec 06, 2024 4:10 pm - He’s one of the most famous corporate leaders in the world, delivering products embraced by billions. But it’s the haters that companies like Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta worry about.
UnitedHealth shooting dredges up enmity for health insurers

Gerry Smith, Madison Muller and Riley Griffin
Dec 06, 2024 8:32 am - The shooting death of high-ranking UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson has uncovered a deep anger among Americans who say the health insurance industry has too often failed to cover large medical bills and stood in the way of necessary care.
Police believe gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO has left New York City

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK
Dec 06, 2024 7:17 am - NEW YORK — The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer may have fled the city on a bus, New York City police officials told CNN on Friday. Video of t...
‘It really does make business sense’: Lake Zurich firm earns accolade for green practices

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 05, 2024 2:35 pm - Alpha Tekniko, which designs and makes products for the health care industry, is the 2024 winner of Lake Zurich’s Green Business Award for integrating eco-friendly practices in daily operations.
'Deny,' 'defend' and 'depose': Ammunition used in CEO’s killing had writing on it, AP source says

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK
Dec 05, 2024 8:48 am - The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk used ammunition emblazoned with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose,” a law enforcement official said Thursday.
Whooping cough rises sharply in McHenry County

By Claire O'Brien
Dec 04, 2024 12:54 pm - Eleven cases of whooping cough were reported in November in McHenry County, according to a newly updated McHenry County Department of Health report.
Majority of Supreme Court seems reluctant to block state bans on medical treatments for minors

By MARK SHERMAN
Dec 04, 2024 12:19 pm - Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, a majority of the Supreme Court seemed reluctant Wednesday to block Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
A shooter kills UnitedHealthcare's CEO in an ambush in New York, police say

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Dec 04, 2024 9:26 am - UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed Wednesday morning in what investigators suspect was a targeted shooting outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding an investor conference.

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