Articles filed under Coronavirus
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'With omicron, it's different': How parents can detect and deflect the variant in kidsJan 11, 2022 4:00 am - Children and teenagers are bearing the brunt of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois, representing about 26% of recent infections in a week, state data shows. From Jan. 3 to M...
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Waubonsee college switches to remote classes for 2 weeksJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove announced Tuesday all classes will be conducted remotely Jan. 18-30, the first two weeks of the spring semester. Officials cit...
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Lightfoot tests positive for COVID-19Jan 11, 2022 12:00 am - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday that she has tested positive for COVID-19. The Democrat said she has “cold-like symptoms” but otherwise feels fine. She credite...
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With more than 1,000 students out sick, St. Charles District 303 hopes to keep schools openJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - St. Charles School District is hoping to keep in-person learning in place as the number of students and staff members who are out sick continue to grow. On Monday, 188 e...
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Kane County inks deal to keep Batavia mass vaccination site openJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - The COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Batavia will remain open through at least May. Kane County officials remedied staffing shortages and an expiring lease agreement at...
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'So exhausted and so tired': COVID-19 hospitalizations again break Illinois recordJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - Hospitalizations broke another COVID record in Illinois, with 7,353 patients as of Monday evening, marking the sixth straight day of tallies over 7,000, according to sta...
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Facts Matter: Booster shot was not cause of Betty White's deathJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Actress Betty White died on New Year's Eve, three weeks short of her 100th birthday. The Oak Park native, born Jan. 17, 1922, quickly became the subject of misinformatio...
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When is omicron peak coming? Case counts in Illinois dip slightly, but still highJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - New COVID-19 infections remain high but edged down from record-setting tallies in the 40,000s last week, Illinois Department of Public Health records showed Monday. The ...
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U.S. hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the jobJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they ha...
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Des Plaines District 62 cancels all classes this week due to COVID-19Jan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Classes in Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 have been canceled for the week, starting Tuesday, because of rising COVID-19 infections. Superintendent Paul Hertel...