Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Constable: Rocco Blasi was a man of many plans, until COVID-19 struckJan 05, 2021 4:30 am - Monday should have been a birthday celebration for retired college professor and author Rocco Blasi of Mount Prospect. As difficult as 2020 was in general, Blasi headed...
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UK hospitals stagger under toll from the new virus variantJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - LONDON - Britain is facing a long, bleak winter as cold, wet weather and a more contagious variant of the coronavirus put unprecedented strain on the nation's hospitals ...
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Concerns mount about Illinois' lag in vaccine rolloutJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - Health care workers began receiving second shots of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday as concerns mounted about delays in getting the rest of Illinoisans inoculated. At a bri...
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Maine Township high schools start semester with remote learning, but in-person return set for Jan. 19Jan 05, 2021 12:00 am - All Maine Township High School District 207 students started second semester Tuesday with remote learning because of the COVID-19 crisis. After Jan. 19, however, student...
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Libraries have adapted to challenges of pandemicJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - As an executive director and CEO of one of the largest public libraries in Illinois, serving almost 150,000 people, the pandemic of 2020 has brought many new challenges ...
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Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafeJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin pharmacist convinced the world was "crashing down" told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he believed ...
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Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccinesJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - LONDON - Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, fi...
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Fox River Valley Public Library District offers Student Hotspots for internet serviceJan 04, 2021 10:00 pm - One of the Fox River Valley Libraries' newest collections for 2021 is Student Hotspots. These Wi-Fi hotspots will be checked out to students for an entire semester. The ...
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COVID-19 testing in Kane CountyJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health will offer COVID-19 mobile testing several times this month in Kane County. Tests will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. while supplies last: ...
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UK prime minister orders new virus lockdown for EnglandJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new variant of the c...