Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Omicron surge is undermining care for other health problemsJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - Roger Strukhoff was being treated for intestinal bleeding at a hospital outside Chicago this month when he suffered a mild heart attack. Normally, the 67-year-old would ...
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$42 million in new state COVID-19 grants go to small businesses in 162 suburbsJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - Nearly 1,100 small businesses in 162 suburbs received more than $42.2 million combined in grants from the state to help offset operational losses due to the COVID-19 pan...
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'Our entire department is mourning': Aurora police sergeant dies of COVID-19Jan 20, 2022 12:00 am - An Aurora police sergeant has died from complications of COVID-19, the department's second virus-related death in just more than a week. Sgt. Ken Thurman contracted COVI...
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Attorney general says COVID-19 testing company won't reopen in 'foreseeable future'Jan 20, 2022 12:00 am - A suburban COVID-19 testing company that halted operations amid complaints about missing results and reports of pending investigations will not reopen in Illinois in “th...
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Suburban COVID-19 case positivity rates rapidly declineJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - Almost as rapidly as they climbed, suburban seven-day COVID-19 case positivity rates are falling. The combined seven-day case positivity rate for suburban Cook County al...
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Pritzker 'cautiously optimistic' about nearly 10% drop in COVID-19 hospitalizationsJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations continued their weeklong decline Wednesday, now down 9.8% from a week ago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the steady drop in patients over the past ...
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Des Plaines mayor tests positive for COVID-19Jan 19, 2022 12:00 am - Des Plaines Mayor Andrew Goczkowski is isolating himself at home after testing positive for COVID-19. Goczkowski, who had been taking daily coronavirus tests at home aft...
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Biden to give away 400 million N95 masks starting next weekJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to U.S. residents starting next week, now that federal officials are emp...
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Minnesota attorney general sues St. Charles COVID test companyJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - A week after it suspended operations amid scrutiny from authorities in multiple states, a St. Charles-based company that purports to run hundreds of COVID-19 testing sit...
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Kane County preparing for 1,000th COVID-19 deathJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - Kane County is in the midst of its highest COVID-19 infection rate, and with 307 county residents hospitalized in just the past week, officials are now making plans to m...