Articles filed under Health
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NY Sen. Schumer wants measles vaccine more accessibleFeb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Sen. Charles Schumer is urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to make measles shots free and widely available, like the flu vaccine. ...
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More Americans are finally seeing something new: A pay raiseFeb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - As the U.S. economy has steadily recovered from the Great Recession, the critical missing piece has been a painful lack of pay raises for many American...
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Officials release information about Clallam measles caseFeb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) - Clallam County officials have released more information about a confirmed measles case. The Peninsula Daily News reports ( http://bit.ly/1zgRH...
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Attorney: Ex-billionaire doesn't have resort sale documentsFeb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - An attorney for ex-billionaire Tim Blixseth said the real estate mogul could not meet a Friday deadline to produce all of the information on the s...
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Headed to Caribbean? What to know about mosquito virus thereFeb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Vacationing in the Caribbean? Thousands of travelers have caught a virus spread by mosquitoes that has recently taken hold in the region. Chikungunya (chih-kihn-GOON'-yu...
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Northwest Community opens Arlington Hts. pediatric physical rehab clinicFeb 05, 2015 4:30 am - Northwest Community Healthcare opened a new pediatric physical rehabilitation facility in Arlington Heights this week to serve patients under 18 years old with physical ...
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Palatine, state at odds over medical marijuana dispensaryFeb 05, 2015 4:30 am - Earlier this week, the state of Illinois granted Nature's Care a license to operate a medical marijuana dispensary at a former Peko Tile building on Colfax Street in Pal...
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The Affordable Care Act is another way to ration health careFeb 04, 2015 6:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Philip M Rosoff, Duke University (THE C...
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Buffalo Grove police team with anti-heroin group to offer treatment, preventionFeb 04, 2015 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove police are teaming with Live4Lali, Inc., a social service nonprofit agency, to build awareness about the abuse of heroin and other opioids in the community...
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Some questions and answers about measles at workFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — A boss who's worried about an outbreak of measles in the workplace needs to tread lightly. Reports of a growing number of measles cases have employers wonderi...