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GE Healthcare receives $11 million contractOct 22, 2020 2:58 PM - Chicago-based GE Healthcare Thursday announced its largest ever ultrasound deal in the United States, an $11 million order by St. Luke's University Health Network in the Northeast.
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Walgreens expands coronavirus testing to childrenOct 22, 2020 2:29 PM - As part of Walgreens' ongoing efforts to increase access to COVID-19 testing in communities across the U.S., the company announced its testing sites are now available for those age 3 and older. Previously, testing has been available to those age 18 and older.
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Stressing freedom, vaccine opponents rebranding in virus era
Oct 22, 2020 7:41 AM - Years before this year's anti-mask and reopening demonstrations, vaccine opponents were working on reinventing their image around a rallying cry of civil liberties and medical freedom.
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Why Democrats and health policy experts believe the Barrett confirmation rush is about getting rid of the Affordable Care Act: 3 essential reads
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NCH named among America's 100 Best for cardiac care, coronary intervention, stroke care, pulmonary care and critical careOct 21, 2020 8:39 AM - Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH) is one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care, Coronary Intervention, Stroke Care, Pulmonary Care and Critical Care according to new research released by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems.
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Level Ex brings video training system to surgeonsOct 20, 2020 3:09 PM - Chicago-based Level Ex has announced the launch of its newest product, Virtual Technique Guides, a web-based surgical training platform that applies the multiplayer interactivity of cloud gaming to enable surgeons to perform virtual procedures with medical device sales representatives.
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Eton Pharmaceuticals developing epilepsy drugOct 19, 2020 2:28 PM - Deer Park-based Eton Pharmaceuticals Inc. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted its application for zonisamide, an oral drug taken for treatment of partial seizures in children with epilepsy.
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COVID's foggy glasses spawn Lasik surgery revival
Oct 18, 2020 9:01 AM - After months of face masks fogging up their glasses and contacts drying out from all the extra Zoom meetings while working from home, Americans are fed up and are boosting demand for the corrective surgery that had waned in popularity over the past decade. -
Streamline software to be used in Texas clinicOct 16, 2020 3:08 PM - Oakbrook Terrace-based Streamline Healthcare Solutions has formalized a partnership that will place its SmartCare electronic health record platform in a behavioral health community center based in Big Spring, Texas.
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Why Trump's COVID-19 antibody cocktail won't be widely available
Oct 15, 2020 10:35 AM - The antibody cocktail President Donald Trump credited for his swift coronavirus recovery won't become widely available because it's impossible to make enough for everyone who might need it, according to the Swiss pharmaceutical giant working on scaling up production.
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