Articles filed under Health Crises
-
COVID cluckers: Pandemic feeds demand for backyard chickensDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - ROSS, Calif. - The coronavirus pandemic is coming home to roost in America's backyards. Forced to hunker down at home, more people are setting up coops and raising their...
-
COVID-19: Three more deaths in Northbrook, nine in GlenviewDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Twelve people in Glenview and Northbrook died of COVID-19 in the past week, and 178 new cases of the disease were diagnosed in the communities, the Cook County public he...
-
Trump's push for $2,000 checks all but dead as GOP Senate refuses aidDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks was all but dead Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed an alternative...
-
VNA Health begins administering COVID-19 vaccine to staff with patient contactDec 29, 2020 10:00 pm - VNA Health Care is delighted to announce that on Thursday, Dec. 31, at 9 a.m., it will begin vaccinating staff with patient contact against COVID-19. This vaccination c...
-
Bloomingdale's Alden Valley Ridge Rehab & Health Care Center holds its first COVID-19 vaccine clinicDec 29, 2020 10:00 pm - In partnership with Walgreens, Alden Valley Ridge Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Bloomingdale held its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic for residents and staff to...
-
Alden Estates of Naperville holds its first COVID-19 vaccine clinicDec 29, 2020 10:00 pm - In partnership with Walgreens, Alden Estates of Naperville Rehabilitation and Health Care Center held its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic for residents and staff today. Th...
-
New US dietary guidelines: No candy, cake for kids under 2Dec 29, 2020 6:00 am - Parents now have an extra reason to say no to candy, cake and ice cream for young children. The first U.S. government dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers, releas...
-
COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Dec. 29Dec 29, 2020 12:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion There have been 405,572 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 42.7% of the state's total, according to the Illi...
-
State's COVID-19 positivity rate, hospitalizations climb againDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - The state's seven-day average COVID-19 case positivity rate increased for the second day in a row Tuesday, the first time that's happened since the beginning of the mont...
-
Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the new coronavirus variant?Dec 29, 2020 12:00 am - Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the new coronavirus variant? Experts believe so, but they're working to confirm that. A coronavirus variant in the United Kingdom has caus...