Health and Fitness
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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 ...
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Children can celebrate the new year by making resolutions, tooDec 26, 2021 6:00 am - The start of a new year is a great time to help your children focus on forming good habits. Families can sit down together and pick a few things each person would like t...
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Vocal changes common during aging processDec 25, 2021 6:00 am - Q: My chorus has started meeting again - outdoors and vaccinated - to practice and sing. We've had a year off, and I'm upset that my voice is getting to be hoarse, and e...
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New Year's reflections on the Order of the Good TimeDec 25, 2021 6:00 am - This New Year I'm going for reflections on the good times instead of resolutions. My beloved Baheej was big on New Year's resolutions. Each year we actually wrote them d...
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EXPLAINER: What COVID-19 therapies are available in U.S.?
Dec 24, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. recently added two new weapons to its small arsenal against the coronavirus: pills that patients can take at home to treat COVID-19. The drugs...
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'This truly is x-ray vision': Sherman neurosurgeon using augmented reality system for spinal proceduresDec 23, 2021 4:30 am - Most of us have dreamed about having x-ray vision at one time or another. For a surgeon at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, that dream has sort of come true, thanks t...
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Cook County to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination at restaurants, fitness centers, barsDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - Cook County issued new rules effective Jan. 3 requiring people age 5 and older to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to enter county restaurants, fitness centers...