Articles filed under Health Crises
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Readers still have questions about COVID-19Sep 11, 2020 1:00 pm - Many of you continue to have questions about the novel coronavirus. “If a sneeze can spread the virus, can exhaling also spread the virus?” a reader asked. “So many time...
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Experts: Revamped OxyContin hasn't curbed abuse, overdosesSep 11, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A panel of government health advisers said Friday there's no clear evidence that a harder-to-crush version of the painkiller OxyContin designed to disc...
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Study: Kids infected at day care spread coronavirus at homeSep 11, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Children who caught the coronavirus at day cares and a day camp spread it to their relatives, according to a new report that underscores that kids can br...
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She said yes: Elk Grove Village man surprises front-line nurse with rooftop proposalSep 11, 2020 5:30 am - Like many, Elk Grove Village couple Zach Lefevre and Kayla Kennelly have had a tough couple of months. Kennelly is a front-line nurse at Loyola University Medical Center...
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Parents, students question District 214's reopening metricsSep 11, 2020 5:30 am - Amid increasing calls across the suburbs for a full return to school buildings, parents and students in the Northwest suburbs took their turn Thursday to express concern...
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Mano a Mano raises $400,000 in COVID-19 relief for immigrant and low-income familiesSep 11, 2020 1:00 am - The Mano A Mano Family Resource Center has raised $400,386 to assist 1,115 families affected financially by COVID-19. The Tanda Emergency Fund is for direct financial as...
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Drive-through Tootsie Roll Drive in PalatineSep 11, 2020 1:00 am - The Knights of Columbus in Palatine will hold their 2020 Tootsie Roll Drive, but for the first time in decades they will not solicit on street corners and outside stores...
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District 300 school board postpones meeting on hybrid learning plan until Sept. 22Sep 11, 2020 1:00 am - Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300's school board postponed a vote on what the district's learning plan would look like for the second quarter to its meeting Se...
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DuPage County trips virus warning as officials probe graduation party, youth sportsSep 11, 2020 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 in Illinois surpassed 2,000 Friday for the first time since Saturday, reaching 2,145, with 32 people dying from the respiratory disease, officials ...
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HOPE Taskforce seeks grant applicantsSep 10, 2020 11:00 pm - September is National Recovery Month, and the DuPage County Heroin/Opioid Prevention and Education (HOPE) Taskforce is pleased to announce the availability of grant fund...