Jake Griffin
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COVID-19 testing sites are popping up. Here's how you can avoid questionable ones.Jan 06, 2022 12:00 am - As new cases of COVID-19 have grown in recent weeks, so have complaints about several suburban testing clinics that have left customers without promised results or delay...
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Fewer than 10% of suburban ICU hospital beds are availableJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois Department of Public Health officials are reporting fewer than 10% of staffed intensive care beds at suburban hospitals are available. Of the 1,282 staffed ICU ...
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NorthShore, Edward-Elmhurst hospital groups merger approved by regulatorsJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - Federal and state regulators have approved a merger by two suburban hospital groups creating the third-largest medical system in the state. Officials from NorthShore Uni...
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Illinois surpasses 28,000 COVID-19 deaths, as hospitalizations hit all-time high againJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 has now killed more than 28,000 Illinois residents. Illinois Department of Public Health officials reported the bleak milestone Tuesday, after 79 more COVID-19 ...
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'Frustrating and tragic': Illinois sets new COVID-19 hospitalization recordJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - More COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized in Illinois than at any other point of the pandemic. That's according to new Illinois Department of Public Health data ...
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One person injured in Crystal Lake apartment fireJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - Crystal Lake Fire Department officials said one person suffered burns during a Sunday evening apartment fire that displaced 14 people. Firefighters were alerted to the b...
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Highs, lows, highs again: What Illinois endured in another year of the COVID-19 pandemicJan 01, 2022 12:00 am - What Illinois endured in another year of the pandemic
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Pritzker asks hospitals to halt nonemergency surgeries, save beds for virus patientsDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has asked hospital leaders throughout the state to postpone nonemergency surgeries in an effort to prepare for a potential bed shortage caused by the ...
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Illinois records 30,386 new COVID-19 cases, most ever in one dayDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois set another grim record Thursday with the diagnosis of 30,386 new cases of COVID-19, the most ever in a single day for the state. Almost 15.5% of all tests reco...
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Illinois responsible for 5.8% of nation's new COVID-19 cases this weekDec 29, 2021 12:00 am - Only two other states have recorded more new COVID-19 cases than Illinois over the past seven days. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the...