Health and Fitness
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Constable: Palatine student pushes through pain of skin disorder in search of the positiveOct 09, 2021 1:00 am - The agony Caroline Provost endures during a nightly three-hour ritual to treat her rare skin condition is no worse than it was when she was a little girl. But as a 16-ye...
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Pfizer asks US to allow COVID shots for kids ages 5 to 11
Oct 07, 2021 1:00 am - Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 — and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of w...
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Kane County mental health providers detail crisis-level waiting listsOct 06, 2021 5:30 am - More than a dozen mental health service providers in Kane County detailed an unprecedented wave of local people needing counseling, addiction treatment and suicide preve...
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Vaccines are here. School's open. Some parents still agonize
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State sees slight uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations, but not in suburbsOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials Wednesday reported 1,747 COVID-19 patients were being treated in Illinois hospitals, climbing for the second day in a row. Of those hospitalized s...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations rise slightly in IllinoisOct 05, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials on Tuesday reported 1,708 COVID-19 patients were being treated in hospitals throughout Illinois. Of those hospitalized, 408 were in intensive care...
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New cross country course in Geneva was a decade in the making, officials sayOct 04, 2021 6:00 am - Course will host competitions, bring economic benefits to Tri-Cities, officials say
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COVID hospitalizations down, but not enough for Pritzker to lift mask mandateOct 04, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials Monday reported 1,687 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized throughout Illinois, 412 of whom are in intensive care. According to Illinois Department...
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Elgin Rotary, Elgin Breakfast Rotary Club to mark historic progress toward polio-free world Oct. 24Oct 03, 2021 11:00 pm - Elgin Rotary members are taking action on World Polio Day on Sunday, Oct. 24, to raise awareness, funds and support to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that stil...
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Bone bruise is damage to bone tissuesOct 03, 2021 7:00 am - Q: I tripped on a curb and hit the pavement pretty hard. I didn't break a bone, but after a few days, the area around my knee started to hurt and got very sensitive. I'm...