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The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker's bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake
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.
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Flu is on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking, U.S. health officials say
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.
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Free at-home COVID-19 rapid testsDec 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.
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U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
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.
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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.
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DuPage Care Center recognized as one of the best nursing homes in the nationNov 21, 2023 11:25 AM - The DuPage Care Center was named a top nursing home by a national publication.
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Northwest Community's new outpatient medical center opens in SchaumburgNov 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.
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Forward Focus Concierge Medicine coming to Northfield in JanuaryNov 20, 2023 1:38 PM - Forward Focus Concierge Medicine, an internal medicine practice, will be opening a second office in January 2024.
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Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says
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.
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Hearing will take place in religious leaders' lawsuit challenging Missouri abortion ban
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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