Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Lake County considering $1,200 bonus for workers during early days of COVIDMay 03, 2023 1:00 am - Eligible full-time Lake County employees could receive a $1,200 bonus each as recognition and reward for working through the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. A ...
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China health officials lash out at WHO, defend COVID-19 virus searchApr 08, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out Saturday at the World Health Organization after its leader s...
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How much in COVID-19 grant funds did suburban businesses get, and what more is coming?Apr 01, 2023 1:00 am - When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down most nonessential businesses three years ago, the Ball Factory's future in Mount Prospect suddenly was in peril. The indoor playgrou...
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DuPage County Health Department Director Karen Ayala retiring June 30Mar 28, 2023 1:00 am - With the COVID pandemic behind her, Karen Ayala plans to retire from her job heading up the DuPage County Health Department. Ayala announced her retirement plans during ...
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Most - but not all - District 64 candidates supported COVID-19 orders for masking and moreMar 27, 2023 1:00 am - Nearly all the candidates running for seats on the Park Ridge-Niles District 64 school board said they supported the controversial mandates for students to wear masks an...
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COVID-19 public health emergency declarations end soon. What will change?Mar 20, 2023 5:30 am - It's typical of our three-year COVID-19 odyssey that there's no perfect ending. In two months, pandemic public health emergency declarations will expire - a move that co...
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How health care has changed forever after 3 years of the COVID-19 pandemicMar 18, 2023 1:00 am - Infectious disease outbreaks are always a concern at hospitals. They have drills. Protocols are in place. There is a plan. But it's hard to plan for a pandemic. "I would...
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China to reopen to tourists, resume all visas WednesdayMar 14, 2023 1:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday as it tries to revive tourism and its economy following a three-year ha...
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Inverness man accused of running COVID-19 testing fraud schemeMar 13, 2023 1:00 am - An Inverness man was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to what officials called a COVID-19 testing fraud scheme. Zishan Alvi, 44, who co-owns and opera...
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Biden begins push for funding for pandemic fraud measuresMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - President Joe Biden's administration is asking Congress to approve more than $1.6 billion to help clean up the mess of fraud against the massive government coronavirus p...