Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Indian Prairie blood drive set for May 19May 06, 2020 1:00 am - The Indian Prairie Parents' Council will host a blood drive in partnership with Versiti Blood Center of Illinois to help address a shortage at hospitals in light of the ...
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Sheriff won't ticket boating familiesMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - Members of the Lake County sheriff's marine unit will not issue tickets to families boating together on Lake County waterways they patrol, Sheriff John D. Idleburg annou...
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What others are writing about COVID-19May 06, 2020 1:00 am - Is It Safer to Visit a Coffee Shop or a Gym? In this interactive Opinion piece, The New York Times uses anonymized cellphone location data to measure how crowded bu...
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Oakton launches training program for COVID-19 contact tracersMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - Oakton Community College is responding to the need for trained workers to limit the spread of COVID-19 by launching the Public Health Contact Tracer Paraprofessional tra...
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UN leader says 1B people with disabilities hard hit by virusMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - UNITED NATIONS - The U.N.'s leader said Wednesday the world's 1 billion people living with disabilities are among the hardest hit by the coronavirus and called for them ...
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Open burning ban likely in Lake CountyMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - A recommendation to temporarily ban open burning in unincorporated areas is expected to be approved next week by the Lake County Board. The board's public works, plannin...
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New York City's subways shut down for virus cleaningMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - New York City's subway system went silent in the early morning hours of Wednesday, as part of a plan for the normally round-the-clock system to shut down for ...
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West Chicago cancels Railroad DaysMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - West Chicago has canceled its Railroad Days celebration, organized by the chamber of commerce and originally scheduled for July 9 through 12, as a result of the COVID-19...
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Nearly 6,000 meals donated to staff at Northwest Community HospitalMay 05, 2020 11:00 pm - Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights is counting the ways the community has shown its generosity to doctors, nurses and other staff who are responding to th...
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Realtors provide meals for healthcare workers at Central DuPage HospitalMay 05, 2020 11:00 pm - On April 30, Samantha Bauman and Beth Seibert, both Realtors with the Wheaton office of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, delivered 150 meals to Northwestern Medi...