Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Constable: With 2021 a repeat of 2020, we put our hope in 2022Dec 25, 2021 12:00 am - Last year at this time, Americans were about to celebrate the arrival of something great. OK, that was a bit optimistic. What we really had was a fervent hope that 2021 ...
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EXPLAINER: What COVID-19 therapies are available in U.S.?Dec 24, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. recently added two new weapons to its small arsenal against the coronavirus: pills that patients can take at home to treat COVID-19. The drugs...
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Saunders: Vaccine shaming is not a solution to COVID-19 pandemicDec 24, 2021 12:00 am - Blaming the unvaccinated is the sharpest tool in President Joe Biden's shed, and that is not healthy for America. Consider Biden's address to the nation on COVID-19 from...
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'I have changed': A nurse suffering long-haul COVID-19 effects looks toward ChristmasDec 23, 2021 7:00 am - Editor's note: Alix Atwell is a nurse and aspiring writer who lives in Barrington and works in Northbrook. In the summer of 2020, she chronicled for the Daily Herald...
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Universal Orlando reinstates mask rule as COVID cases riseDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - ORLANDO - Universal Orlando is reinstating its mask requirements beginning Christmas Eve as COVID-19 cases are surging as a result of the omicron variant. Daily cases of...
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Letter: Unvaccinated should face consequencesDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - If there is no valid medical reason for not getting a vaccine, the unvaccinated who do get COVID-19 should not be allowed to take up hospital beds. They should either re...
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Cook County to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination at restaurants, fitness centers, barsDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - Cook County issued new rules effective Jan. 3 requiring people age 5 and older to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to enter county restaurants, fitness centers...
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U.S. adds Merck pill as 2nd easy-to-use drug against COVID-19Dec 23, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. health regulators on Thursday authorized the second pill against COVID-19, providing another easy-to-use medication to battle the rising tide of omicro...
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Editorial: Congratulating Trump on his embrace of COVID-19 vaccinesDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - During the COVID-19 vaccine rollout last winter, four past presidents participated in public service announcements urging Americans to roll up their sleeves. Democrats J...
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To grandmother's house or no? Omicron disrupts holiday plansDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - Dave Fravel and his wife invited several relatives to their Cape Cod home for Christmas to share food, gifts and the togetherness they've longed for during the lonely da...