Articles filed under Health Crises
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UN says new polio outbreak in Sudan caused by oral vaccineSep 02, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad - a week after the U.N. health ag...
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Steroids confirmed to help severely ill coronavirus patientsSep 02, 2020 7:00 am - New studies confirm that multiple types of steroids improve survival for severely ill COVID-19 patients, cementing the cheap drugs as a standard of care. An analysis of...
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Pritzker warns of Labor Day COVID-19 infections as regions see spikesSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - As COVID-19 cases rose by 2,128 on Wednesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker urged residents to be cautious about social gatherings during the coming Labor Day holiday weekend. “You...
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U of I threatens suspensions for not following COVID-19 guidelinesSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign could be suspended for not following the school's quarantine guidelines, officials said after a spike in COVID...
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Fremd setter Rian Baker commits to Wake ForestSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - Most Division I high school recruits aren't going to commit to a college without meeting a team's head coach in person. But welcome to 2020 and virtual recruiting, wher...
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Lake County courthouse brings in first jurors since pandemic beganSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - Lake County residents arrived at the Waukegan courthouse Wednesday morning to participate in jury selection for the first time since March. That occasion, simply a matt...
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How NIU's random daily COVID-19 testing worksSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - If students Northern Illinois University feel ill or think they've been exposed to COVID-19, they take a test - a system that so far has resulted in 37 positives. But Ch...
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Third virus vaccine reaches major hurdle: final US testingSep 01, 2020 7:00 am - A handful of the dozens of experimental COVID-19 vaccines in human testing have reached the last and biggest hurdle - looking for the needed proof that they really work ...
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Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine effortsSep 01, 2020 7:00 am - Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly as some earlier reports suggested, scienti...
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Study suggests immune system's coronavirus-fighting antibodies do not fade quickly, a hopeful sign for vaccine effortsSep 01, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Study suggests immune system's coronavirus-fighting antibodies do not fade quickly, a hopeful sign for vaccine efforts. ...