Health and Fitness
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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...
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Suburbs lag behind most counties in vaccinating people age 65-plusFeb 15, 2021 12:00 am - While state health officials say nearly 31% of Illinois residents age 65 and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, that's not what's happening i...
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Push to vaccinate those 65 and over ramps up in Lake CountyFeb 15, 2021 12:00 am - The push to administer COVID-19 vaccines to Lake County residents 65 and over accelerated Monday on two fronts. In North Chicago, a vaccine clinic for North Chicago and ...