Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Researchers look for COVID, Alzheimer's linksAug 07, 2021 7:00 am - Researchers are trying to unravel why some COVID-19 survivors suffer “brain fog” and other problems that can last for months, and new findings suggest some worrisome ove...
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How will Pritzker's mask mandate be enforced? State, educators say they've got it coveredAug 06, 2021 5:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's face mask mandate in all schools to curb the spread of COVID-19 was definitive, but with not all parents or every educator on board, it raises quest...
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Cases of COVID-19 jump by one-third in week, DuPage and McHenry hit 'high' transmission metricAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 jumped by 36% in a week, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Friday, an upswing suburban doctors on the front lines confirmed. The dai...
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United Airlines will require US employees to be vaccinatedAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - United Airlines will require employees in the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by late October, perhaps sooner, joining a rising number of big corporations that ar...
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Illinois State Fair to reopen with new attractions, indoor mask mandateAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - After a one-year interruption last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Illinois State Fair in Springfield is set to reopen Thursday with some new att...
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Social services say Kane County shouldn't keep so much COVID money, but it hasn't decided yetAug 05, 2021 5:30 am - Social service providers are pressuring Kane County officials to put less of the $103 million in federal American Rescue Plan money into government expenses and more int...
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Kane County officials strongly recommend masks at county buildingsAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - Kane County Board Chair Corinne Pierog has announced that county officials are "strongly recommending" anyone who works in or visits a county building wear a mask regard...
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Pritzker hopes school mask mandate 'very temporary,' but new COVID-19 cases top 3,000Aug 05, 2021 1:00 am - As new cases of COVID-19 totaled 3,048 Thursday, the first time infections have surpassed 3,000 in a day since May 7, Gov. J.B. Pritzker stood by his day-old mandate for...
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With COVID cases rising, Latino leaders hoping to motivate their community to get vaccinatedAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - Saying that 60% of new COVID-19 cases in towns such as Elgin and Aurora are unvaccinated Latinos, a group of local leaders and organizations held a call for action event...
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Masks required for all indoor high school sports: Here's what that meansAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - It's mask up time again for high school sports conducted indoors. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced an update to the Illinois Department of Public Health All-Sports Policy We...