Articles filed under Health Crises
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Masks optional in District 58 starting MondayFeb 11, 2022 12:00 am - Masks will be optional in Downers Grove Grade School District 58 schools starting Monday. School board members voted Thursday to modify the district's COVID-19 mitigatio...
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Stevenson High students' mask protest Friday got unruly, officials sayFeb 11, 2022 12:00 am - About 50 students and 40 parents gathered Friday morning outside Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire to protest the school's mask mandate. Superintendent Eric Twadell ...
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Novavax says protein vaccine works for kids as young as 12Feb 10, 2022 6:00 am - Novavax announced Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine proved safe and effective in a study of 12- to 17-year-olds. Novavax makes a protein-based vaccine -- a different ty...
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Most vulnerable still in jeopardy as COVID precautions easeFeb 10, 2022 6:00 am - Two years into the pandemic Jackie Hansen still left home only for doctor visits, her immune system so wrecked by cancer and lupus that COVID-19 vaccinations couldn't ta...
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Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirthsFeb 10, 2022 6:00 am - New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women. It's an uncommon outcome for any pregnancy but women...
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CDC proposes softer guidance on opioid prescriptionsFeb 10, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The nation's top public health agency on Thursday proposed changing - and in some instances, softening - guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodon...
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Pediatric experts: Masks are key to preventing COVID-19 infections at schoolFeb 10, 2022 4:00 am - Pediatric experts say there's no argument masks are key in reducing the spread of COVID-19, even as lawyers debate whether Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration is authori...
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Lake County considers options for second round of federal relief fundingFeb 10, 2022 12:00 am - The books are closed on $121 million in federal CARES Act funds and Lake County officials now are considering how best to allocate the second injection of COVID relief m...
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Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations drop below 2,400Feb 10, 2022 12:00 am - For the first time since November, there are fewer than 2,400 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Illinois. State health officials Thursday reported 2,380 COVID-19 patient...
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Lake County seeking applicants for health crisis response teamsFeb 10, 2022 12:00 am - County's new mobile mental health program is funded by state grant