Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Facts Matter: President's Christmas Eve visit to children's hospital not stagedJan 01, 2022 12:00 am - President Joe Biden, along with his wife Jill, spent Christmas Eve visiting pediatric patients at the National Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C. However, some soci...
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Appellate court refuses to make Elgin hospital give ivermectin to patientDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - An appellate court has refused to make an Elgin hospital give the controversial drug ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient as a treatment. The 2nd District Appellate Court ru...
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Naperville Municipal Center to close to public due to COVID-19 surgeDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Naperville is closing the city's municipal center and public safety campus to the public as a precaution while COVID-19 cases surge. The safety campus will close to visi...
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Lieutenant governor has breakthrough COVID-19 caseDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton said Thursday she has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19. Stratton, the state's second-in-command, said on Twitter that she ha...
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State lawmakers slash January legislative session due to COVID-19 surgeDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - An explosion in COVID-19 cases has prompted state lawmakers to cut short their first legislative sessions of 2022, leaders announced Thursday. The General Assembly will ...
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Pritzker asks hospitals to halt nonemergency surgeries, save beds for virus patientsDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has asked hospital leaders throughout the state to postpone nonemergency surgeries in an effort to prepare for a potential bed shortage caused by the ...
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Gail Borden Public Library halts in-person events in JanuaryDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin announced that it will not be holding any in-person events or programs through January due to the continuing rise of COVID-19 cases i...
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Illinois records 30,386 new COVID-19 cases, most ever in one dayDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois set another grim record Thursday with the diagnosis of 30,386 new cases of COVID-19, the most ever in a single day for the state. Almost 15.5% of all tests reco...
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Moving to Naperville, Florida or Bosnia: Some of the big changes suburbanites made in 2021Dec 29, 2021 4:30 am - After what was a traumatic 2020 for most people, this year has led some to re-evaluate priorities and seek new opportunities. Here we tell the stories of suburbanites wh...
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Despite pandemic, most Lake County schools stayed open throughout fall semesterDec 29, 2021 4:20 am - Despite enormous challenges, data show mitigation techniques used by Lake County public schools were effective at limiting the spread of COVID-19 during the fall semeste...