Surviving an opioid overdose may soon depend on where you live
In southwest Ohio, people die from drug overdoses at more than double the national rate. In the future, whether someone survives could hinge on what county they are in. The...
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Sworn to secrecy, drugstores stay silent as customers overpay
Eric Pusey has to bite his tongue when customers at his pharmacy cough up co-payments far higher than the cost of their low-cost generic drugs, thinking their insurance is getting...
Big Pharma’s offer to Trump: Discounts when drugs don’t work
President Donald Trump says drug prices are astronomical and something needs to be done. Pharmaceutical giants have an answer that doesn't involve lowering list prices: refunding some of the money...
Baxter beats earnings estimates, raises full-year guidance
Baxter International, which last year spun off its drugs unit to form Baxalta Inc., beat analysts' second-quarter earnings estimates and raised its 2016 guidance after what it said was a...
Walgreens profit tops estimates as prescription sales gain
Walgreens Boots Alliance posted quarterly profit that exceeded analysts' estimates, helped by cost-cutting measures and rising sales from prescription drugs. The Deerfield, Illinois-based drugstore chain is waiting for antitrust regulators'...
Tax dollars still paying off renovations on White Sox stadium
As the White Sox celebrate 25 years at U.S. Cellular Field this season, their fans can rejoice in a resurgent ballclub on the field. Whether taxpayers are as joyful subsidizing...
Former White Sox player Adam LaRoche explains undercover sex-slavery mission
Last fall, instead of fielding grounders or swinging at fastballs, Adam LaRoche found himself in brothels interacting with young girls being sold for sex as he went undercover to help...
Jose Abreu of White Sox paid $5.8M to agents after Cuba defection: court papers
During a spectacular debut season in Chicago, White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu wowed crowds with 36 home runs, a team record for a rookie. But what no one saw...
Adam LaRoche, international groups go undercover to stop human trafficking
After abruptly retiring from the White Sox, Adam LaRoche told an interviewer this month that one factor in his decision was going on an undercover trip to a brothel in...
Loss of McCormick Place East could be blow for large trade shows
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's last-ditch effort to keep the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Chicago comes at a cost: tearing down McCormick Place's Lakeside Center and its substantial exhibit space....