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Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s largest hospital complicates treatment of kids with cancer

By HANNA ARHIROVA
Jul 11, 2024 7:14 am - KYIV, Ukraine — The National Cancer Institute in Kyiv was busier than usual after a Russian missile struck Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital this week, forcing the ev...
FDA approves a second Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow disease

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Jul 07, 2024 8:45 am - U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.
Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KIMBERLEE KRUESI
Jul 05, 2024 11:08 am - Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska turned in more than enough signatures Wednesday to put abortion-related ballot questions before voters in November's election if a suff...
Advocate Sherman Hospital celebrates 50 years of training paramedics

By Rick West
Jul 04, 2024 2:35 pm - Advocate Sherman Hospital recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its paramedic training program, with 20 graduates completing the 11-month long course.
Supreme Court officially allows emergency abortions in Idaho — for now

Ann E. Marimow
Jun 27, 2024 9:37 am - Hospitals in Idaho that receive federal funds must allow emergency abortion care to stabilize patients even though the state strictly bans the procedure, the Supreme Cour...
The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

By MARK SHERMAN
Jun 27, 2024 9:19 am - The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic.
Walgreens to take a hard look at underperforming stores, could shutter hundreds more

By TOM MURPHY
Jun 27, 2024 9:16 am - Walgreens is finalizing a plan to fix its business that could result in closing hundreds of additional stores over the next three years. CEO Tim Wentworth told analysts T...
Advocate Health Care opens new primary care office in Lincolnshire

By Shaw Local News Network
Jun 25, 2024 11:54 am - Advocate Health Care opened a new ambulatory facility in Lincolnshire on May 28, enabling area residents to receive increased access to primary care. Located at 255 Parkw...
‘We will not go back’: Two years after Roe’s fall, abortion rights advocates vow to keep fighting

By Marni Pyke
Jun 24, 2024 7:33 pm - Two years after the fall of Roe. v. Wade, advocates for abortion rights fight back at events in Barrington and other suburbs.
Advocate Condell Medical Center opens human milk depot

By Shaw Local News Network
Jun 24, 2024 12:27 pm - Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville recently opened a milk depot in partnership with Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes. It offers families a place to donate their excess breast milk to help babies in need.

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