Articles filed under Health Crises
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Free COVID-19 testing Jan. 4-9 in Mundelein, Antioch and Round LakeJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - An Illinois Department of Public Health mobile testing facility will make stops in Mundelein, Antioch and Round Lake to provide free COVID-19 testing. The facility will ...
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157 more died of COVID-19 in IllinoisJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Another 157 people in Illinois died of COVID-19 as the new year began, bringing the state's toll to 16,647. The Illinois Department of Public Health reporting Friday tha...
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Editorial: Second stimulus is a beginning, nothing moreJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Sixth in an Opinion series The Daily Herald Editorial Board To be sure, the $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill, aka the second stimulus, will help millions of Americans...
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We are not helplessJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - This is a tightrope column, the kind you'd rather not write, about an event you don't feel you can ignore. You tread carefully, but you want people to pay attention as y...
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Life in Los AngelesJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Los Angeles is on the verge of becoming the world's biggest COVID hot spot. "The epicenter," we say, shaking our heads. How did this happen? "It's not so bad here," we s...
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Fashion designer creates high-end medical gowns for Edward-Elmhurst HealthDec 31, 2020 4:30 am - The phone call was somewhat of a last resort, and the request was certainly unconventional. But Edward-Elmhurst Health CEO Mary Lou Mastro was growing desperate. At the ...
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Looking back at 2020 in high school sports: A year like no otherDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - The 2019-2020 high school sports year started off like any other. Holiday basketball tournaments concluded, boys and girls hoops teams headed into the 2020 portion of th...
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For all our sakes, let's resolve to move together into a better futureDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - If there is one word to sum up 2020, I believe it would be "polarization." In the past, when we as a country experienced intense stress, grief and loss, it brought us t...
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Editorial: Small businesses need help of government and local consumersDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Fifth in an Opinion series The Daily Herald Editorial Board Small business owners and entrepreneurs have always been a special breed. Those who succeed are fearless in t...
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California is third state to pass 25,000 coronavirus deathsDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - California on Thursday surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic, the third state to do so after New York and Texas, health offic...