Jake Griffin
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Illinois surpasses 9 million vaccine shotsApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois vaccine providers have administered nearly 9.05 million shots against COVID-19 after giving 100,823 daily doses on average over the past week, state health offi...
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Illinois opioid deaths increased 32% in 2020Apr 26, 2021 1:00 am - Medical experts and addiction advocates were not surprised when opioid overdose deaths in Illinois increased by more than 32% in 2020. They were surprised it wasn't hig...
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DuPage leads suburban counties in vaccination ratesApr 26, 2021 1:00 am - Almost 30% of suburban residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but the percentage varies across the counties. DuPage County has the highest percentage of fully ...
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Authorities identify teen killed in shooting near Des PlainesApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - Cook County authorities have identified 18-year-old Erik Esquivel as the teen shot and killed Thursday afternoon in an apartment complex parking lot near Des Plaines. Th...
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Has supply caught up with COVID-19 vaccine demand?Apr 22, 2021 1:00 am - Ryan Johnson was never in any rush to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But when Cook County Health opened up two South suburban mass vaccination sites this week to allow walk-i...
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COVID-19 spike at Hersey causes dozens to quarantineApr 20, 2021 1:00 am - Officials from Northwest Suburban High School District 214 confirmed Tuesday that 13 Hersey High School students have tested positive for COVID-19, while another 155 are...
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Suburban COVID-19 caseload down by nearly 11% from last weekApr 20, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois and the suburbs have experienced a weeklong decline in COVID-19 cases, signaling to some public health experts that a recent surge might have subsided. “We've s...
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Vaccination event for disabled residents scheduled in ItascaApr 16, 2021 1:00 am - The Itasca Park District is hosting a mass vaccination event aimed at disabled residents in the area and their caregivers as well as any residents 65 and older or indivi...
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Des Plaines man facing child predator charges after online stingApr 16, 2021 1:00 am - A 69-year-old Des Plaines man was charged with several felonies after he solicited an undercover Cook County sheriff's office investigator posing online as a teenage boy...
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IDPH: 13 fully vaccinated Illinoisans, or one in every 244,770, have died from COVID-19Apr 16, 2021 1:00 am - Among the nearly 3.2 million people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Illinois, 771 have gotten the disease anyway and 13 have died, Illinois Department of Public Hea...