Articles filed under Health Crises
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Medicare coverage for Alzheimer brain scans in questionJul 30, 2020 7:00 am - A big study to help Medicare officials decide whether to start covering brain scans to check for Alzheimer's disease missed its goals for curbing health care costs, call...
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Answering some key questions about state's plan for high school sportsJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - Don't worry, my head was spinning as well on Wednesday. It began with Governor J.B. Pritzker announcing the guidelines for Illinois sports moving forward during the COVI...
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District 95 approves hybrid of in-person and at-home learningJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 school officials are moving forward with back-to-school plans that call for a hybrid of in-person and at-home learning despite the recent ou...
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District 21 switches to remote learning for start of school yearJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - On a day that saw the highest daily increase in Illinois' confirmed COVID-19 cases in more than two months, the Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 board voted unan...
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July 30 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 87,384 cases in the suburbs as of Thursday, 49.3% of the state's total, acco...
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After 99 days of success, virus returns to haunt VietnamJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - HANOI, Vietnam - For 99 days, Vietnam seemed to have defeated the coronavirus. There wasn't a single reported case of community transmission. Not a single death. A handf...
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District 50 will start the year remotelyJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - The Woodland Elementary District 50 buildings will remain closed to students - at least initially - this fall as the district pursues a learning-from-home model approved...
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Beach at Illinois Beach State Park closing on weekends because of overcrowdingJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - Beginning Aug. 1, the beach at Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park in Zion will be closed Saturdays and Sundays to encourage social distancing and prevent fu...
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1,772 new COVID-19 infections the most in one day since MayJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - Cases of COVID-19 rose by 1,772 Thursday, the largest one-day increase since May 24, when more than 2,500 new cases were diagnosed. Eighteen more deaths of Illinois res...
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Christ Church blood drive Aug. 6 aims to serve 70 area hospitalsJul 29, 2020 11:00 pm - Lifeblood by its very definition is what sustains us as living beings. During this season of uncertainty and widespread health calamity, supplies of blood are extra val...