Articles filed under Health Crises
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Why isn't Dist. 21 fully in-person? Officials point to distancing, class sizesFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - While other Northwest suburban school districts have returned to full-time in-person learning, Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 officials said this week they can...
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Why we can't make vaccine doses any fasterFeb 18, 2021 10:00 pm - Coronavirus President Joe Biden has https://www.google.com/url?q=https://apnews.com/article/vaccine-biden-600-million-doses-july-b7845a7d0...
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WHO says more than 11,000 Ebola vaccines will go to GuineaFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The World Health Organization says it will be sending more than 11,000 Ebola vaccinations to the West African nation of Guinea in the coming days t...
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US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWIIFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health offi...
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Vernon Township launches vaccine outreach program for seniorsFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - A phone outreach program to educate seniors on how to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine was launched Thursday in Vernon Township. Operated by township board members, staff an...
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Vacant Kmart in McHenry to house COVID-19 vaccination siteFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - A former Kmart store, vacant for 12 years, is transforming into a mass vaccination site, the result of a collaboration among the city of McHenry, the McHenry County Depa...
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COVID-19 inoculations rise, but so do tensions over dose distributionFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - As Illinois nears 2 million COVID-19 vaccines administered despite weather-related delays, tensions rose among some suburban leaders over the scant supply of doses. A to...
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Kane County's Black, Latino residents 'underserved' by vaccination effortFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - Far fewer Black and Latino residents in Kane County have received COVID-19 vaccinations than their white neighbors. Latino residents constitute more than 30% of Kane Cou...
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District 300 looking to expand in-person learning in MarchFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - With 80% of Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300's staff on track to have received both COVID-19 vaccine doses by March 15, the 20,000-student district is looking...
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Restaurant, hotel industry officials say they can't last another year under COVID-19 rulesFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Officials from the hotel, restaurant and convention industries told a state Senate panel Thursday that they need a clear plan for how they will be allowed ...