Articles filed under Coronavirus
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2 moms from Fox Valley sue over mask mandateAug 17, 2021 1:00 am - A pair of McHenry County mothers are suing Gov. J.B. Pritzker, claiming the mandate requiring their children to wear face coverings at school is an invasion of privacy, ...
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Several suburban theaters are going to require patrons to show proof of vaccinationAug 16, 2021 11:00 pm - Marriott, First Folio, Writers, Northlight, Oil Lamp, BrightSide and Williams Street Repertory in the suburbs are among the growing coalition of Chicago-area theaters re...
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What suburban colleges are doing to motivate students to get vaccinesAug 16, 2021 5:30 am - College of Lake County will give $100 checks to fall semester students with one string attached: proof of vaccination against COVID-19. The college announced the incenti...
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Surprised by the vaccination slowdown? You shouldn't beAug 16, 2021 1:00 am - In July Los Angeles County announced that it was reintroducing mask requirements for all indoor spaces regardless of vaccination status. The cause? A substantial rise i...
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Misinformation at public forums vexes local boards, big techAug 16, 2021 1:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. - There are plenty of places to turn for accurate information about COVID-19. Your physician. Local health departments. The U.S. Centers for Disease Con...
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COVID-19 cases continue climb, but so do vaccinationsAug 16, 2021 1:00 am - Another 9,126 cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed last weekend, including more than 4,000 Saturday, the highest single-day caseload since early April. Other metrics continu...
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Sources: U.S. to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 monthsAug 16, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of...
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Parents rally against school mask mandates in Crystal LakeAug 15, 2021 1:00 am - A day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved McHenry County to the "high" level of COVID-19 transmission, residents rallied Saturday at the intersect...
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Fitness trackers provide conclusions related to COVID-19Aug 14, 2021 7:00 am - Q: I had a bad case of COVID-19 last spring. It took a while, but I'm mostly OK now. The only thing is, the numbers on my Fitbit aren't as good as they used to be, espec...
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'You are the heroes now': Chicago-area time capsule allows kids to share pandemic experiencesAug 14, 2021 5:30 am - The contents of a single cylindrical canister offer a glimpse into the world of 8-year-old Ellie Landa and her younger sister, Calista, as they navigated the isolation a...