Articles filed under Health Crises
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Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behindJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - LONDON - As the race intensifies for a vaccine against the new coronavirus, rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guara...
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Driver's license office in Schaumburg closed until July 2Jun 18, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois secretary of state's office announced Thursday that the driver's license facility in Schaumburg will be closed until July 2 because of an unspecified COVID-...
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June 18 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 69,249 cases in the suburbs, 51% of the state's total, according to the Illi...
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Persistently high layoffs suggest a slow US economic reboundJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Three months after the viral outbreak shut down businesses across the country, U.S. employers are still shedding jobs at a heavy rate, a trend that points t...
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Hospitalizations drop, but 'the first wave isn't over,' vigilant medical officials sayJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - Only 5.3% of hospital beds in Illinois are currently occupied by COVID-19 patients, the lowest level since the outbreak began. However, without a vaccine or widely avail...
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Getting a clean bill of health for post COVID-19 occupancyJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - COVID-19 cleaning has become a vital service in the cleaning and restoration industry, surpassing but not eliminating the regular day-to-day or week-to-week cleaning fo...
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Europe hit by local infection spikes; China's outbreak wanesJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - ATHENS, Greece - Europe grappled Thursday with local spikes in coronavirus infections as the continent's lockdown restrictions eased, after hundreds of cases were found ...
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A song to make you smile: 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World' by IZJun 17, 2020 7:03 am - We're trying to inject a little positivity in the paper (and on dailyherald.com) with a daily "Song to Make You Smile." It's designed to help lift you out of your corona...
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US warns 3 companies over illegal at-home COVID-19 testsJun 17, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health regulators are cracking down on three companies for selling at-home blood tests for coronavirus, warning that the products have not been sh...
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June 17 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJun 17, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 68,925 cases in the suburbs, 51% of the state's total, according to the Ill...