Articles filed under Coronavirus
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COVID-19 hospitalizations dip for first time since Dec. 24 as suburbs hit vaccination milestonesJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - State health officials Friday reported 7,096 COVID-19 patients were being treated in hospitals throughout Illinois — two fewer patients than the day before. It's the fir...
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Families despair over post-holiday return to remote learningJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - DETROIT - Parent Latonya Peterson sums up her frustration over Detroit schools returning - at least temporarily - to virtual learning in three short words: "I hate it." ...
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Lightfoot: Hopeful for deal in COVID teachers disputeJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - Chicago's mayor again blamed the city's powerful teachers union for a third day of canceled classes in the nation's third-largest school district Friday, but said she ho...
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East Aurora High, 2 middle schools on remote learning due to COVID-19 staffing issueJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - East Aurora High School and two middle schools are doing remote learning, due to staffing shortages caused by COVID-19. East Aurora District 131 Superintendent Jennifer ...
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Naperville mayor concerned about pop-up COVID-19 testing sites in the cityJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - As Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico drove around town in recent weeks, he noticed more and more banners unfurled to advertise COVID-19 testing at pop-up sites. Concerned a...
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Kane County Health Department to hold vaccine clinic for adults in Dundee area Jan. 9Jan 06, 2022 10:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department and Illinois Department of Public Health will hold a COVID-19 vaccination walk-in clinic on Sunday, Jan. 9. It will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m...
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Bears place QB Justin Fields on COVID-19 listJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - The Bears placed starting quarterback Justin Fields on the COVID-19 list Thursday morning. The move came one day after head coach Matt Nagy announced that Fields was lik...
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Daily COVID-19 deaths in Illinois hit triple digits for first time since last FebruaryJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois recorded more than 100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day for the first time since February of last year. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 104 mor...
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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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How some suburban eateries are complying with Cook County vaccine mandateJan 05, 2022 4:10 am - Cook County's new proof-of-vaccination mandate seems to be something most affected businesses aren't ignoring altogether, but many are finding different ways to acknowle...