Articles filed under Coronavirus
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Dec. 29Dec 29, 2020 12:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion There have been 405,572 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 42.7% of the state's total, according to the Illi...
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State's COVID-19 positivity rate, hospitalizations climb againDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - The state's seven-day average COVID-19 case positivity rate increased for the second day in a row Tuesday, the first time that's happened since the beginning of the mont...
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Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the new coronavirus variant?Dec 29, 2020 12:00 am - Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the new coronavirus variant? Experts believe so, but they're working to confirm that. A coronavirus variant in the United Kingdom has caus...
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Georgia's two Republican senators back Trump's $2K checksDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks lands Tuesday in the Senate, but the Republican majority has shown little interest in follow...
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Hardships, horrors and hope: Reflections on a year of pandemicDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - This year has been like none other in my lifetime. The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has made it an unprecedented year for all of us. This year has taken a staggeri...
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Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates 2021 mayoral updates to be virtualDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - Much has changed since the positive forecasts for 2020 that were part of the annual state of the village addresses given last winter by the mayors of Schaumburg and Hoff...
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Editorial: Wear a mask. It's not hardDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - Another in an Opinion series Daily Herald Editorial Board Get on the computer and do a search for "people who died because people didn't wear a mask" and your search en...
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Editorial: Trust the science and take the vaccineDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - Third in an Opinion Series The Daily Herald Editorial Board A Pew Research Center survey found that three out of five people believe scientists should play a role in pol...
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Wiser resolutions? Lessons from COVID's unfulfilled onesDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - She'd wanted to frame and hang them - just three printed pictures that had been sitting in Lucy O'Donoghue's suburban Atlanta house since the year began. That's all. Yet...
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COVID relief check might be in your account tonight - but it won't be $2,000Dec 29, 2020 12:00 am - COVID relief check might be in your account tonight - but it won't be $2,000