Articles filed under Coronavirus
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How each county compares to state average for full COVID-19 vaccinationsJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - As Illinois struggles to get more COVID-19 vaccine doses into arms with 1.53% of its 12.7 million population fully inoculated, most suburban counties - with the exceptio...
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McHenry County announces partnership to prioritize vaccines for teachersJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - McHenry County teachers will soon have access to the COVID-19 vaccine through two clinics at Huntley High School and Woodstock North High School in a partnership involvi...
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'Simple is beautiful': Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine proves effectiveJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides good protection against the illness, Johnson & Johnson reported in a key study released Friday, offering the world a potenti...
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Kane Co. Health Dept. launches Web page for COVID-19 vaccine appointments; assistance coming for seniors 65+, family caregiversJan 28, 2021 10:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department launched a Web page for COVID-19 vaccine appointments for Priority Group 1B: seniors 65 and older and essential workers as designated b...
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Midwestern University pharmacy students help distribute COVID-19 vaccineJan 28, 2021 10:00 pm - Students at Midwestern University's College of Pharmacy-Downers Grove Campus were among the first in the nation to begin distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to front-line ...
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Constable: As pandemic giveth new skills, will it taketh away old ones?Jan 28, 2021 4:30 am - Staying in place during the pandemic has led some of us to discover new skills. Who doesn't know people who proudly posted photographs of freshly made loaves of bread th...
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First McHenry County business pleads guilty, fined for violating COVID-19 rulesJan 28, 2021 12:00 am - Creekside Tap in Algonquin became the first business in McHenry County to plead guilty to violating the state's COVID-19 rules around masking and social distancing, resu...
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State lawmakers are pushing to curb governors' virus powersJan 28, 2021 12:00 am - Irritated by the sweeping use of executive orders during the COVID-19 crisis, state lawmakers around the U.S. are moving to curb the authority of governors and top healt...
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New York nursing home virus deaths were undercounted, AG saysJan 28, 2021 12:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. - New York may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents by as much as 50%, the state's attorney general said in a report released Thursda...
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Return of sports also comes with challengesJan 28, 2021 12:00 am - The high school sports community woke up Thursday to another new world. That world changed March 13, 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the state boys basketball...