Health and Fitness
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'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisisFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Nicole Caceres fell to her knees in disbelief, feeling as if someone hit her in the chest and stole the air from her lungs. It had been three months since she learned he...
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State tops 2 million vaccine doses givenFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - More than 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Illinois, state health officials reported Friday. Of the 2,060,706 doses that have now gone i...
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College of DuPage's Dialogue Over Distance explores reducing health disparities with community actionFeb 18, 2021 10:00 pm - Join College of DuPage experts this spring as they examine the intersections of prevailing health matters with local community organization leaders and health care provi...
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Why we can't make vaccine doses any faster
Feb 18, 2021 10:00 pm - Coronavirus President Joe Biden has https://www.google.com/url?q=https://apnews.com/article/vaccine-biden-600-million-doses-july-b7845a7d0...
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Area teens raise money, awareness for Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyFeb 17, 2021 5:00 am - Kelly Robinson of Mount Prospect is in her freshman year at Prospect High School, but already she's tackling big projects. Last month, she assembled a team and launched ...
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New Lake County volunteer call center to help seniors get COVID-19 vaccinesFeb 17, 2021 4:30 am - Like many seniors, Ruth and Michael Fineman, both 72, have found getting a COVID-19 vaccine to be an ordeal. The Buffalo Grove couple have had trouble signing up for vac...
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Weather forces drops in suburban vaccine supply; U.K. variant found in DuPageFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois averaged more than 40,000 COVID-19 vaccine inoculations a day on Monday and Tuesday. But that's down by almost 20,000 daily vaccinations from a week ago and alm...
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How Addison officials teamed up to stage mass vaccinationFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - While many Illinois residents eligible to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine struggle to find an appointment, officials in Addison have alleviated that frustration f...
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Support gender equality by joining International Women's Day rideFeb 16, 2021 5:00 am - Get your bikes out of the garage for an early March ride that is all about solidarity. Lombard rider Dawn Piech, founder of International Women's Day Together We Ride ev...
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How Elmhurst District 205 secured vaccine access for its workforceFeb 16, 2021 4:30 am - While school systems of similar size are struggling to secure coronavirus vaccines for their teachers, Elmhurst Unit District 205 has been able to inoculate its workforc...