Health and Fitness
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It's time: Where to get kids' COVID-19 vaccinations in the suburbsNov 03, 2021 1:00 am - Health officials and medical professionals are anticipating a large wave of COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming days after the authorization that allows children between...
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Your kids anxious over getting a COVID-19 shot? What local doctors advise to say and doNov 02, 2021 5:00 am - As authorization of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 looms ahead of Tuesday's regulatory meeting, doctors are offering suggestions on how p...
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It's official: CDC approves Pfizer vaccine for kids 5-11
Nov 02, 2021 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story's headline has been corrected to clarify it was a CDC panel and not an FDA panel recommending on Tuesday. U.S. health officials on Tuesday...
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'We want them decreasing': Pritzker says mask mandate stays until hospitalizations dropNov 02, 2021 1:00 am - After receiving a booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the state's indoor mask mandate will stay in place until there's ...
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Moderna: FDA delaying decision on its shot for adolescents
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Delta Dental of Illinois highlights oral health impact of diabetesOct 31, 2021 11:00 pm - You likely know someone living with diabetes - about 1 in 8 Illinois adults have been diagnosed with the potentially life-threatening disease, a number that has doubled ...
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How you can lessen the fear and pain of needlesOct 30, 2021 11:00 pm - Many parents put off checkups because they dread how their child might act when they need a shot. If your child — or you — are afraid of pain from getting a vaccine, you...
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How different cultures cope with griefOct 30, 2021 10:00 am - Many cultures cope with grief differently than we do. I've been interested this topic ever since I met my beloved husband Baheej. Both his parents died in Nazareth, the ...
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Rabies completely preventable with prompt vaccine treatmentOct 30, 2021 7:00 am - Q: We just heard a story on the news about a man who got bitten by a bat and then died of rabies a few weeks later. We see bats in our area a lot, so we're worried. Why ...
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COVID-19 booster shots surpass 667,000, daily infection averages slide in OctoberOct 29, 2021 1:00 am - More than 667,000 COVID-19 booster shots have gone into Illinoisans' arms - or about 31% of all COVID vaccine doses since mid-August, officials said Friday. From Aug. 14...