Articles filed under Coronavirus
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FDA advisers pave way for second COVID-19 vaccine's U.S. rolloutDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - A government advisory panel endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, paving the way for the shot to be added to the U.S. vaccination campaign. The Food ...
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Illinois COVID deaths, cases rise slightly; 43,000 vaccine doses deliveredDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - Deaths and COVID-19 infections rose slightly Thursday with 8,828 new cases and 181 more deaths from the respiratory disease, as the state finalized distribution of its f...
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Suburban medical workers line up to receive COVID-19 vaccinesDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - Before dawn, an ordinary, gray minivan pulled up to an Edward Hospital loading deck. For 10 long months, medical workers had waited for the sight of that van and the pre...
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2nd COVID-19 vaccine gets public review ahead of U.S. decisionDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - A second COVID-19 vaccine moved closer to joining the U.S. fight against the pandemic Thursday as government advisers convened for a public review of its sa...
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French President Macron tests positive for COVID-19Dec 17, 2020 12:00 am - PARIS - Wearing a white medical mask, French President Emmanuel Macron went ahead with a planned speech by videoconference Thursday, hours after testing positive for COV...
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Vaccine vignettes: Hospital workers find 'peace of mind'Dec 17, 2020 12:00 am - Aminderjit Dhanoa didn't expect he would be "the first one." The one to launch a vaccination effort against COVID-19 at Edward Hospital in Naperville. Dhanoa intimately ...
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Vernon Hills officials say it's time to stop flying flags at half-staff for COVID-19 victimsDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - A state directive to fly the American flag at half-staff to honor those who've died in Illinois from COVID-19 has run its course and flags again should be raised to full...
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Final stretch on COVID-19 economic relief, but no deal yetDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators on the long-delayed $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package worked through a handful of remaining holdups Thursday as they l...
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COVID-19: 12 deaths in Glenview and NorthbrookDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - Twelve people in Glenview and Northbrook died of COVID-19 in the past week and 294 new cases of the disease were diagnosed, the Cook County public health and medical exa...
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Will children be able to get COVID-19 vaccines?Dec 17, 2020 12:00 am - Will children be able to get COVID-19 vaccines? Not until there's enough data from studies in different age groups, which will stretch well into next year. The Pfizer va...