Articles filed under Health Crises
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Heart inflammation after virus is rare in Big Ten athletesMay 27, 2021 7:00 am - Heart inflammation is rare in Big Ten Conference athletes who've had COVID-19 and in most it cases causes no obvious symptoms, according to the first data published from...
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A COVID-19 vaccine might be your best ticket into the 2022 Super BowlMay 27, 2021 1:00 am - Dangling a pair of Super Bowl tickets, CVS pharmacies will join a throng offering rewards to entice reluctant Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Citing a fede...
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COVID-19 update: 11 outbreaks in suburban schools in the last 30 daysMay 27, 2021 1:00 am - School-related outbreaks of COVID-19 in the suburbs totaled 11 in the last 30 days, an increase from earlier tallies this spring, Illinois Department of Public Health re...
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As demand drops, some COVID-19 vaccination sites are closingMay 27, 2021 1:00 am - Several mass vaccination sites that opened this winter offering hope and drawing thousands of people amid a deadly surge in the COVID-19 pandemic are closing as demand f...
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Change may allow scientists to grow human embryos longerMay 26, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - New guidelines released Wednesday remove a decades-old barrier to stem cell research, recommending that researchers be allowed to grow human embryos longer...
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College of Lake County gets $20.5 million more in federal COVID-19 relief fundsMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - The College of Lake County will receive another large federal COVID-19 relief fund grant, this time for around $20.5 million - nearly double the school's previous allotm...
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Major Japan newspaper Asahi calls for Olympic cancellationMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - Associated Press TOKYO - Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two months. It is...
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Supreme Court won't hear FoxFire's challenge to indoor dining banMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court will not take up a case from a Geneva restaurant challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker's indoor dining ban. FoxFire asked the state's h...
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Illinois surpasses 11 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administeredMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - Vaccine providers in Illinois have crossed a new milestone, administering more than 11 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Illinois Department of Public Health figure...
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Senate passes bill to create housing program for mentally ill, substance abusersMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate passed a bill Wednesday which would create a new housing program for individuals living with mental illness or substance use disorders....