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The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker's bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake

By MARK SHERMAN
Dec 4, 2023 2:49 PM - The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
Flu is on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking, U.S. health officials say

By MIKE STOBBE
Dec 3, 2023 9:45 AM - Flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections that can hit kids and older people hard may be peaking, U.S. health officials said Friday.
Free at-home COVID-19 rapid tests

Daily Herald report
Dec 1, 2023 1:12 PM - Every U.S. household can order an additional four free at-home COVID-19 rapid tests delivered directly to their home.
U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

By MIKE STOBBE
Nov 29, 2023 7:26 AM - U.S. life expectancy rose last year -- by more than a year -- but still isn't close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.
France to ban smoking on beaches as it seeks to avoid 75,000 tobacco-related deaths per year

Nov 28, 2023 1:34 PM - France will ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas as part of a national anti-tobacco plan presented by the health minister on Tuesday.
DuPage Care Center recognized as one of the best nursing homes in the nation

By Alicia Fabbre
Nov 21, 2023 11:25 AM - The DuPage Care Center was named a top nursing home by a national publication.
Northwest Community's new outpatient medical center opens in Schaumburg

By Christopher Placek
Nov 21, 2023 10:24 AM - Northwest Community Healthcare this week opened its new outpatient care center in Schaumburg, consolidating the services of two former 40-year-old buildings.
Forward Focus Concierge Medicine coming to Northfield in January

Submitted by Marti Greenberg
Nov 20, 2023 1:38 PM - Forward Focus Concierge Medicine, an internal medicine practice, will be opening a second office in January 2024.
Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says

By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Nov 18, 2023 8:13 AM - Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death rates, according to a new report published Thursday.
Hearing will take place in religious leaders' lawsuit challenging Missouri abortion ban

By JIM SALTER
Nov 16, 2023 10:31 AM - A St. Louis judge on Thursday will hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Missouri's abortion ban on the grounds that lawmakers who passed the measure imposed their own religious beliefs on others who don't share them.

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