Health and Fitness
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Constable: New app sets sexual boundaries before first dateAug 19, 2021 5:30 am - Navigating the world of online dating can be daunting, confusing and a little scary. Will you meet a potential partner's expectations? Will that person live up to your e...
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COVID-19 update: 26,214 more shots, 14 more deaths, 3,180 new casesAug 19, 2021 1:00 am - As some immunocompromised Illinois residents are now getting a third booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, state health officials are reporting 26,214 more doses were ad...
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Northwestern Medicine researchers launch study to enhance lung cancer survivorship in suburban and rural communitiesAug 18, 2021 11:00 pm - A researcher from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center is partnering with an oncologist at Northwe...
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Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster shots could start week of Sept. 20
Aug 18, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta vari...
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Illinois records most deaths in a day since May; breakthrough cases a quarter of week's deathsAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials reported 45 more COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, the most in a single day since mid-May. Additionally, new Illinois data on breakthrough hospitalizatio...
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Alden Village launches in-house training program for ventilator dependent residentsAug 17, 2021 11:00 pm - Alden Village, which offers long-term care for the intellectually disabled in Bloomingdale, launched an in-house day training program in partnership with Individual Advo...
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Lisle VFW to host community blood drive Aug. 22Aug 16, 2021 11:00 pm - Lisle Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5696 will hold a community blood drive from 12:30-6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, in the mobile coach at 1209 Lisle Place. Appointments are a...
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What suburban colleges are doing to motivate students to get vaccinesAug 16, 2021 5:30 am - College of Lake County will give $100 checks to fall semester students with one string attached: proof of vaccination against COVID-19. The college announced the incenti...
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COVID-19 cases continue climb, but so do vaccinationsAug 16, 2021 1:00 am - Another 9,126 cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed last weekend, including more than 4,000 Saturday, the highest single-day caseload since early April. Other metrics continu...
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Sources: U.S. to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 monthsAug 16, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of...