Health and Fitness
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As hospitals reel with omicron and staff shortages, state promises aidJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - The convergence of record-smashing numbers of patients stricken with the highly infectious omicron strain of COVID-19 and a critical shortage of workers is pushing Illin...
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Sunrise Rotary St. Paddy's Day 5K to raise funds for mental health care March 12 in NapervilleJan 11, 2022 10:00 pm - Registration is now underway for the 13th annual Sunrise Rotary St. Paddy's Day 5K to be held in person on Saturday, March 12, in downtown Naperville. Held in cooperati...
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'With omicron, it's different': How parents can detect and deflect the variant in kidsJan 11, 2022 4:00 am - Children and teenagers are bearing the brunt of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois, representing about 26% of recent infections in a week, state data shows. From Jan. 3 to M...
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This Itasca pageant contestant had a stroke at 29. She wants other young people to be spared.Jan 11, 2022 4:00 am - Natalie Poli was 29 years old when she suffered a stroke that could have taken her life. It was Jan. 6, 2006. Poli was blissfully unaware she had been born with a heart ...
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DuPage health department offers help for insurance enrollmentJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - There are only a few days left to enroll in, change or update your Marketplace health insurance for 2022. Open enrollment ends this Saturday. For more help finding the ...
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'So exhausted and so tired': COVID-19 hospitalizations again break Illinois recordJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - Hospitalizations broke another COVID record in Illinois, with 7,353 patients as of Monday evening, marking the sixth straight day of tallies over 7,000, according to sta...
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When is omicron peak coming? Case counts in Illinois dip slightly, but still highJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - New COVID-19 infections remain high but edged down from record-setting tallies in the 40,000s last week, Illinois Department of Public Health records showed Monday. The ...
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U.S. hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the job
Jan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they ha...
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What health information to carry — and what not to carry — with youJan 09, 2022 6:00 am - You just never know when you — or a first responder — might need access to your health information. An allergic reaction pops up unexpectedly. You sprain your ankle at t...
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Person seemingly cured of Type 1 diabetesJan 08, 2022 6:00 am - Q: As someone who was born with Type 1 diabetes, I'm very interested in any new advances that make it easier to live with this disease. I've recently heard on the news t...