Health and Fitness
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'Mountains are my passion': Naperville native aims to be youngest U.S. woman to top EverestApr 23, 2022 1:00 am - It's not easy packing for Mount Everest. But somewhere along the journey between empty and filled backpacks, Lucy Westlake made sure to include two critical items: cap a...
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Dog-walking injury could be hyperextension of kneeApr 22, 2022 11:00 pm - Q: I was walking our dog at night and didn't see a big hole in the sidewalk. I stepped right into it, full force, and I think my knee actually bent backward. I can walk ...
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COVID-19 update: New cases up by 39%, hospitalizations up by 12.7%, DuPage at 'medium' riskApr 22, 2022 1:00 am - The seven-day average of new cases of COVID-19 spiked by 39% in a week while average hospitalizations grew at a lesser rate of 12.7%, Illinois Department of Public Healt...
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Illinois DNR recommends taking down bird feeders due to avian flu outbreakApr 21, 2022 1:00 am - State wildlife officials on Thursday advised Illinois residents to temporarily take down bird feeders and bird baths to help curtail the spread of avian flu. The Illinoi...
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Bensenville centenarian Ellie Leveen inspires those around herApr 20, 2022 11:00 pm - A resident of unincorporated Bensenville since 1954, Eleanor "Ellie" Leveen is many things: mother to two, grandmother to five, great-grandmother to eight, volunteer ope...
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No masks on planes, transit? Not so fast, Biden administration says as it files to keep mandateApr 20, 2022 1:00 am - The quandary of masks on transit and planes is back in play after the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday appealed a federal judge's ruling tossing out the COVID-19 ...
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Daily Herald opinion: Students' discussion emphasizes key points about fighting mental illnessApr 20, 2022 1:00 am - This editorial represents the consensus opinion of The Daily Herald Editorial Board. It feels awkward to invoke the word “courageous” to describe high school studen...
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Volunteer work by Hanover Park twins helps lift patients' spiritsApr 19, 2022 11:00 pm - Identical twin brothers Deep and Prem Patel, of Hanover Park, share a dream of becoming doctors, and they also spend their free time together volunteering at Northwester...
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As Pritzker lifts mandate on transit, masks now optional on Metra, CTA, Pace and at airportsApr 19, 2022 1:00 am - Metra, Pace and CTA passengers who rode to work Tuesday morning wearing masks were allowed to go home with or without face coverings after two days of rapidly evolving p...
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Masks now set to come off May 3 on transit, airplanes: Here's what to knowApr 18, 2022 5:30 am - A supercontagious strain of COVID-19 poses enough of a health risk that mask requirements on planes and public transit will remain through May 3 instead of being lifted ...