Articles filed under Coronavirus
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COVID-19 hospitalizations up 12.5% this week, 45 more deathsMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - State health officials are reporting COVID-19 hospitalizations are above 900 again for the first time since March 1. Illinois Department of Public Health records release...
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U.S. 'vulnerable' to COVID without new shots, White House official saysMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha has issued a dire warning that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and win...
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Biden marks COVID 'tragic milestone' in US at global summitMay 12, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders at a COVID-19 summit Thursday to re-energize a lagging international commitment to attacking the virus as he l...
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Report: Trump officials, meat companies knew workers at riskMay 12, 2022 1:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. - At the height of the pandemic, the meat processing industry worked closely with political appointees in the Trump administration to stave off health restri...
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COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs riseMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the coronavirus pandemic - but for just one condition, COVID-19. Now, things...
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FDA restricts J&J's COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot riskMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clo...
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Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the US numbersMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - Doug Lambrecht was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. His demographic profile - an older white male with chronic health problems - m...
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Audit: Urgent response lacking in outbreak at veterans homeMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Sluggishness, poor compliance with existing rules and little help from state public health officials crippled the response by Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administ...
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All suburban counties now at medium COVID-19 risk level, with DuPage approaching highMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - The Chicago Department of Public Health is urging masking indoors in public and on transit to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as cases spike, officials said Friday. Fourt...
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WHO: Nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID-19May 05, 2022 1:00 am - LONDON - The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the pa...