Health Care
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Cosmetic to critical: Blue states help trans health coverage
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. - For most of her life in New Mexico, Christina Wood felt like she had to hide her identity as a transgender woman. So six years ago she moved to Oregon, ...
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Class Action suit accuses AbbVie of unfair pricingApr 25, 2023 11:00 pm - NORTH CHICAGO - A class-action lawsuit filed this week in Chicago alleges the pharmaceutical company AbbVie Inc. fraudulently inflated the cost of the highest-grossing d...
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Mercyhealth in Crystal Lake eyes July opening, ramps up hiring
Apr 24, 2023 1:00 am - The new Mercyhealth Hospital and Medical Center in Crystal Lake is "close to being fully staffed," as officials eye July for a potential opening date. Once opened, the h...
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Tab to provide health care for noncitizens expected to approach $1 billion
Apr 21, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state estimates an expansion of state-sponsored health care to individuals who are ineligible for Medicaid based on their citizenship status is expecte...
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Partnership to improve mental health crisis responseApr 18, 2023 11:00 pm - ELK GROVE VILLAGE - Kenneth Young Center said NorthShore University Health System, including Swedish and Northwest Community Healthcare, has awarded a $600,000 grant to ...
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Lake County state's attorney sues insulin manufacturers and sellersApr 18, 2023 1:00 am - Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the country's leading insulin manufacturers, claiming the companies illegally conspired to art...
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Intelligent Medical Objects attends HIMSS 2023Apr 16, 2023 11:00 pm - ROSEMONT - Intelligent Medical Objects, a health care data enablement company, will be at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference taking pla...
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Fresenius Kabi system recommended by VizientApr 16, 2023 11:00 pm - LAKE ZURICH - Fresenius Kabi said Monday its Ivenix Infusion System has received an innovative technology contract from Vizient Inc., the nation's largest member-driven ...
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High court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pillApr 14, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday it was temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the ...
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Justice Department to ask Supreme Court to put abortion pill limits on hold