Articles filed under Health Crises
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COVID-19 in Illinois: A timeline of the pandemicDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - Jan. 24 A Chicago woman becomes the second COVID-19 patient in U.S. and first in Illinois after she returns from a visit to Wuhan, China. She is treated at Amita St...
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The year of the pandemic: COVID-19 pushed us to the limit. Illinois pushed back.Dec 19, 2020 12:00 am - It was just one case. Illinois' sole COVID-19 infection was announced Jan. 24 and the public moved on. One case became 19 on March 10. Nineteen infections morphed into ...
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US experts debate: Who should be next in line for vaccine?Dec 18, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Deciding that health care workers and nursing home residents should be first in line for the initial, limited supplies of COVID-19 shots wasn't that hard...
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Demand is low for COVID-19 antibody drugs but shortages loomDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - U.S. health officials are seeing an astonishing lack of demand for COVID-19 medicines that may help keep infected people out of the hospital, drugs they rushed out to st...
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Why Deer Park's sales tax rate could increase againDec 18, 2020 4:30 am - Deer Park voters will decide whether to increase the village's sales tax rate for the second time in three years. Prompted by revenue losses triggered by the COVID-19 cr...
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FDA clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, second shot in U.S. arsenalDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording mor...
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Winter travel raises more fears of viral spreadDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result cou...
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Downtown Naperville restaurant launching new dining car concept this weekendDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Riff Menza feared his downtown Naperville restaurant was nearing its breaking point. Features Bar & Grill had so far weathered the economic storm of the COVID-19 pandemi...
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'Everybody should do their part': Glenview's Glenbrook Hospital gets first vaccines to staffDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - A Glenbrook Hospital doctor said he is cautiously optimistic after the arrival of 1,950 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine Thursday. "Yesterday and today are great days ...
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Mobile COVID-19 testing in Elgin, CarpentersvilleDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - A mobile testing unit managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health will be in Kane County next week to provide free COVID-19 tests to the community. The unit will...