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Feds investigating whether Itasca broke anti-discrimination laws in Haymarket decision
Dec 2, 2021 8:06 PM - Just weeks after Itasca overwhelmingly rejected a proposal for an addiction treatment center, federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether the village violated anti-discrimination laws. The issue had been raised after the village classified the proposal as a planned development rather than a health care facility. -
Horizon Therapeutics invests in Emmett Till's home renovationDec 2, 2021 2:32 PM - Deerfield-based Horizon Therapeutics Thursday said it has made a $100,000 seed donation to promote community engagement around the renovation of Emmett Till's childhood home in Chicago's West Woodlawn neighborhood.
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Conflict over abortion laws won't abate if Roe v. Wade falls
Dec 2, 2021 1:25 PM - On both sides of America's abortion debate, activists are convinced that Roe v. Wade -- the 1973 Supreme Court ruling establishing a nationwide right to abortion -- is imperiled as never before.
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HIV prevention pill PrEP is now free under most insurance plans '" but the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act puts this benefit at risk
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OrthoIllinois opens two more suburban clinics
Nov 30, 2021 2:53 PM - Rockford-based OrthoIllinois, a bone and joint health care provider in northern Illinois, has opened new physical therapy locations in Huntley and Woodstock. The Huntley clinic is at 12376 Princeton Drive, No. 7. The Woodstock clinic is at 150 S. Eastwood Drive, Suite C. -
Walgreens Boots Alliance invests more in its German wholesale businessNov 30, 2021 2:29 PM - Deerfiled-based Walgreens Boots Alliance said it has reached an agreement to acquire the remaining 30% share of its joint venture in Germany that supplies wholesale medicines. Walgreens will buy out Irving, Texas-based McKesson Corp.
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Distributing fresh produce boxes is part of Advocate Aurora Health's $2.5 billion community charitable care and services in 2020
Dec 2, 2021 3:37 PM - A partnership between Chicago-area Advocate Aurora Health hospitals and Irv & Shelly's Fresh Picks has led to nearly 400 boxes of fresh produce being delivered to patients who need them in 2021 alone. And hundreds more have been sent to community groups for further distribution. -
Batavia man is the 100th person to receive minimally invasive heart procedure at Elgin hospital
Nov 27, 2021 12:13 AM - Sherman Hospital doctors on Nov. 16 performed their 100th TAVR procedure on John Schweisthal of Batavia, to treat valve and structural heart conditions, including aortic stenosis, without open heart surgery. Schweisthal was preparing to have hip replacement surgery when his doctors told him he needed the heart procedure first. -
FDA: Merck COVID pill effective, experts will review safety
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Northwestern Medicine opens 50,000-sq. foot medical office building in Bloomingdale
Nov 24, 2021 12:59 PM - The newly expanded and renovated Northwestern Medicine Medical Office Building in Bloomingdale, Illinois is now open.
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