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YMCA offers limited day care in Palatine, Chicago to help first responders, health workersApr 2, 2020 5:53 PM - Beginning Monday, the YMCA will open locations in Palatine and Irving Park will offer daycare for children of first responders and health care workers. YMCA officials will take precautions to combat COVID-19 and recommend people make reservations early. The cost is $60 per day and covers meals and staff salaries as other YMCA locations are closed through April 30.
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Finding a way to contribute, cancer survivor makes homemade face masks
Apr 2, 2020 5:16 PM - Still recovering from stage three cancer, Lori Peterson was sitting at her sewing machine this week thinking how she could help the health care workers who've helped her. -
Edward Cancer Center in Plainfield temporarily closingApr 2, 2020 4:31 PM - The Edward Cancer Center -- Plainfield will temporarily close effective Monday, April 6, until further notice. The change at the facility at 24600 W. 127th St., is being made so staff can focus on patient care at Edward and Elmhurst Hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Virus hot spots clamor for Abbott's quick tests
Apr 2, 2020 10:33 AM - As Abbott Laboratories began shipping its new rapid-response tests across the country Wednesday, a new flashpoint emerged in the nation's handling of the pandemic: where to ship the COVID-19 diagnostics that could be one of the most effective tools in combating the outbreak.
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AbbVie donates $35 Million for COVID-19 relief
Apr 2, 2020 9:39 AM - North Chicago-based AbbVie will donate $35 million to help support global COVID-19 relief efforts, the pharaceutical company announced. -
Walgreens results top estimates but coronavirus clouds outlook
Apr 2, 2020 8:37 AM - Deerfield-based Walgreens Boots Alliance posted better-than-expected results for its second quarter, but the drugstore retailer said that the COVID-19 pandemic makes the future uncertain. -
'A battlefield behind your home': Deaths mount in New York
Apr 1, 2020 6:33 PM - New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in 72 hours to more than 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet streets of the city became the heartbreaking soundtrack of the crisis.
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FDA wants heartburn meds Zantac off the market due to contamination
Apr 1, 2020 12:58 PM - U.S. health regulators are telling drugmakers to immediately pull their popular heartburn drugs off the market after determining that a contamination issue with the medications poses a greater risk than previously thought. -
Blood drive April 7 in Arlington HeightsApr 1, 2020 9:54 AM - Northwest Community Healthcare in Arlington Heights is hosting a community blood drive on Tuesday, April 7.
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Lovell outpatient clinics closedMar 31, 2020 4:38 PM - Lovell Federal Health Care Center will temporarily close its Kenosha and Evanston Community Based Outpatient Clinics as of April 1.
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