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State virus positivity rate continues to decline as 65 more people dieJan 30, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 3,345 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease and 65 additional deaths. The dead included 25 p...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Jan. 29Jan 30, 2021 12:00 am - Interactive mapFind an interactive map where you can search counts by ZIP code at dailyherald.com. Suburbs' portion There have been 477,277 COVID-19 cases...
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'Simple is beautiful': One-shot vaccine proves effectiveJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides good protection against the illness, Johnson & Johnson reported in a key study released Friday, offering the world a potenti...
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How many variants of the coronavirus are there?Jan 29, 2021 5:00 am - How many variants of the coronavirus are there? There are many circulating around the world, but health experts are primarily concerned with the emergence of three. As a...
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Algonquin-based Community District 300 starts rolling out vaccines to select staffJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - Algonquin-based Community Community Unit District 300 received COVID-19 vaccinations from the Greater Elgin Family Care Center, which it started distributing Thursday, S...
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How each county compares to state average for full COVID-19 vaccinationsJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - As Illinois struggles to get more COVID-19 vaccine doses into arms with 1.53% of its 12.7 million population fully inoculated, most suburban counties - with the exceptio...
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McHenry County announces partnership to prioritize vaccines for teachersJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - McHenry County teachers will soon have access to the COVID-19 vaccine through two clinics at Huntley High School and Woodstock North High School in a partnership involvi...
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'Simple is beautiful': Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine proves effectiveJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides good protection against the illness, Johnson & Johnson reported in a key study released Friday, offering the world a potenti...
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Kane Co. Health Dept. launches Web page for COVID-19 vaccine appointments; assistance coming for seniors 65+, family caregiversJan 28, 2021 10:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department launched a Web page for COVID-19 vaccine appointments for Priority Group 1B: seniors 65 and older and essential workers as designated b...
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Midwestern University pharmacy students help distribute COVID-19 vaccineJan 28, 2021 10:00 pm - Students at Midwestern University's College of Pharmacy-Downers Grove Campus were among the first in the nation to begin distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to front-line ...