Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Ukraine's overburdened doctors in desperate virus fightMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine (AP) - A breathing machine at a Ukrainian hospital breaks down, leaving a coronavirus patient gasping helplessly for air. Dr. Olha Kobevko rushes fro...
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Just a chat: Calls offered for older adults staying homeMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - DALLAS - For 81-year-old Dell Kaplan, the offer to get calls from a stranger just to chat while staying home during the coronavirus pandemic was immediately appealing. "...
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Ribfest in its first year in Romeoville canceledMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - The Exchange Club of Naperville has canceled Ribfest, a Fourth of July tradition that would have had its first run in Romeoville this summer. Organizers determined they ...
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U.S. autoworkers return, while possible vaccine shows promiseMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - WARREN, Mich. - More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to res...
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Lawsuit accuses Geneva nursing home of failing to follow coronavirus guidelinesMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - The family of a Bria of Geneva resident who died from coronavirus complications has sued the nursing home, claiming it failed to implement adequate measures to prevent t...
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Answer on attending national tournaments this summer should be a simple oneMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - Decisions, decisions. The COVID-19 pandemic has society into a different form of living in ways we would never have imagined a few short months ago. One of those differe...
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Drive-through COVID-19 testing facility to open Friday in Rolling MeadowsMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - The state will open a new drive-through COVID-19 testing facility Friday at Rolling Meadows High School, providing free tests to anyone who believes they need one. Offi...
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Bartering is back: When life gives you lemons, trade them for a neighbor's hand sanitizerMay 17, 2020 6:23 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Tammy Calhoun traded a loaf of freshly baked bread and a few homegrown avocados for a neighbor's help planting a vegetable garden in her front yard last ...
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Fearing COVID-19, older people alter their living willsMay 17, 2020 6:20 am - DENVER - Last month, Minna Buck revised a document specifying her wishes should she become critically ill. "No intubation," she wrote in large letters on the form, makin...
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McHenry County sheriff: No 'capacity or desire' to enforce the governor's ordersMay 17, 2020 1:00 am - The McHenry County sheriff's office has no plan to enforce the Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order as a criminal offense, Sheriff Bill Prim announced in a Facebook p...