Health and Fitness
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Can you get coronavirus from mail or Amazon deliveries? It's very unlikely, experts sayMar 31, 2020 5:30 am - With COVID-19 able to survive on some surfaces for days, are the mail, Amazon packages and even the daily newspaper safe to handle? Officials from the United States Post...
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Where to find county-by-county and maybe even suburb-by-suburb COVID-19 dataMar 31, 2020 5:00 am - If you'd like to see a breakdown of the number of reported COVID-19 cases county by county and, in some cases, even town by town, a state website and area counties' webs...
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Extroverts (and introverts, too) face quarantine challenges
Mar 31, 2020 1:00 am - Within days, Vicktery Zimmerman had figured out how to connect with friends and family even as she and her husband shelter in place at their Chicago home. There are the ...
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Watch: Fittest Loser contestant gets some help working out from homeMar 31, 2020 1:00 am - Neil Madden is nothing if not determined. The 58-year-old from Naperville applied 12 times to be a contestant in the Daily Herald Fittest Loser competition. Now an offic...
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DuPage introduces COVID-19 case mapMar 30, 2020 1:00 am - The DuPage County Health Department on Monday announced a new, interactive COVID-19 case map. The dashboard links data from the health department into the GIS Data Syst...
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2020 Fittest Loser by the numbers - Week 5Mar 29, 2020 7:30 am - Van Dillenkoffer Starting weight: 244 Current weight: 218 Weekly weight loss: 2 Total weight loss: 26 Percent loss: 10.7% Jennifere Lux Starting...
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2020 Fittest Loser writer adjusts to downward dogs and avocadosMar 29, 2020 7:00 am - Adjustments. Many people do quite well at it. Unless you are Lovie Smith, former Chicago Bears' coach and current University of Illinois coach — a guy who still hasn't ...
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Workout routines change for Fittest Loser contestants as homes double as gymsMar 29, 2020 7:00 am - Encouraged by their recent progress, Fittest Loser competitors were determined to succeed despite their gym, park district fitness centers and most other businesses shut...
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Age is not the only risk for severe coronavirus disease
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12 healthy things to do while staying at homeMar 29, 2020 6:00 am - Given Illinois' stay-at-home order, many of us are spending nearly all of our time at home. That's extra time to obsess about our health, family, jobs, future — the list...