Health and Fitness
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Vitalant offers incentives for donating plateletsDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - Vitalant is giving free “Joyful Platelet Donor” T-shirts, or 200 bonus recognition points, to people who donate platelets through Jan. 7. People are allowed to give rega...
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Opioid task force to get $200K from DuPage County, where such overdoses are up 17%Dec 30, 2021 4:30 am - A purple van pulls up to a West Chicago church on a Saturday morning, carrying the anti-overdose drug naloxone, fentanyl test strips and support for people with substanc...
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Pritzker asks hospitals to halt nonemergency surgeries, save beds for virus patientsDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has asked hospital leaders throughout the state to postpone nonemergency surgeries in an effort to prepare for a potential bed shortage caused by the ...
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Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation awards $1 million grant to Advocate Health Care Charitable FoundationDec 29, 2021 10:00 pm - Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable arm of Delta Dental of Illinois, recently announced a $1 million grant has been awarded to Advocate Health ...
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Illinois responsible for 5.8% of nation's new COVID-19 cases this weekDec 29, 2021 12:00 am - Only two other states have recorded more new COVID-19 cases than Illinois over the past seven days. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the...
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New COVID-19 cases top 20,000 for second time this week, for a 15% positive-test rateDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - For the second time in five days, Illinois has recorded more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases. State health officials Tuesday reported that 20,804 new cases of the respira...
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How long of a wait to get a COVID-19 test? Sites, supplies are getting stretched this weekDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois residents are finding it difficult to get a COVID-19 test as providers are being pushed to their limits amid the current surge in cases. Those fortunate enough ...
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'We risked enough': Many folks staying home for New Year's Eve amid COVID-19 surgeDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - A surge of COVID-19 cases and the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant are prompting many suburbanites to alter their New Year's Eve celebrations. Instead ...
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CDC recommends shorter COVID isolation, quarantine periodDec 27, 2021 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly short...
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Resolve to be a healthier and happier you in 2022Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - Major New Year's resolutions are hard to maintain. You may have every intention of going to the gym three days a week, losing 20 pounds or quitting tobacco, but - let's ...