Articles filed under Coronavirus
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UK to infect healthy volunteers to speed up vaccine effortsOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - LONDON - Danica Marcos wants to be infected with COVID-19. While other people are wearing masks and staying home to avoid the disease, the 22-year-old Londoner has volun...
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Feder: Block Club Chicago launches free coronavirus hotlineOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - A free coronavirus information hotline is being launched today by Block Club Chicago, the nonprofit digital news site, Robert Feder writes. The hotline - (312) 248-4876...
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How Metra may fill its budget hole if there's no federal rescueOct 19, 2020 5:30 am - Service cuts are an option if no federal aid emerges for Metra, Union Pacific employees verifying tickets behind plexiglass creates "a mess," but a massively complicated...
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Naperville D203, Elmhurst 205 going all-remote amid virus spread; U-46, others stand patOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - At least two major school districts are reverting to or extending fully remote learning in response to rising COVID-19 case rates in DuPage County, while several others ...
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Polling places getting extra sanitizing attention as COVID-19 cases surgeOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - With COVID-19 cases surging in Illinois, voters may be concerned about their safety when heading to the polls to vote in person, but suburban county clerks say they are ...
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As virus surges, Iran breaks one-day record for deaths againOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's single-day death toll from the coronavirus smashed a record set less than a week ago, with 337 dead confirmed Monday as a resurgence of infections ...
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Poll: 1 in 4 US workers have weighed quittingOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - New York - The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work. But many of those still working are fearful, distressed and stretched thin. A quarter of U...
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COVID delay: New coronavirus relief may slip past electionOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Congress is quickly moving past the point at which it can deliver more coronavirus relief before the election, with differences between House Speaker Nancy ...
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World struggles as confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 40 millionOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - LONDON - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the planet has surpassed 40 million, but experts say that is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the true...
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Drive-through COVID-19 testing coming to Libertyville, Vernon HillsOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - A COVID-19 mobile testing unit managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health will be making stops this week in Libertyville and Vernon Hills. The unit will be at L...