Articles filed under Health Crises
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Saint Viator offering COVID-19 vaccines June 10Jun 07, 2021 1:00 am - Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights will host a drive-through COVID-19 vaccination site from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 10. The site, 1213 E. Oakton St.,...
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As COVID-19 cases hit new low, Illinois tops Midwestern states for one or more shotsJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 numbered 244 Monday, reflecting a low not seen since late March 2020, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. The seven-day COVID-19 cas...
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Face masks required when students return? Dist. 220 board members discussing optionsJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 board members are working to define the school district's position on mask requirements for students ahead of the 2021-22 school year. ...
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India to provide free vaccines to all in major policy shiftJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - NEW DELHI - India's federal government will provide free coronavirus shots to any adult starting later this month and take back control of the country's vaccination driv...
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Polio: When vaccines and re-emergence were just as dauntingJun 06, 2021 11:00 pm - CINCINNATI - The COVID-19 pandemic and the distribution of the vaccines that will prevent it have surfaced haunting memories for Americans who lived through an earlier t...
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Illinois closing in on 70% of adults having received at least one vaccine doseJun 06, 2021 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday reported 342 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease and another 37 deaths, as all of the main metrics fo...
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State: 48% of people 12 and older now fully vaccinatedJun 05, 2021 1:00 am - Roughly 48% of Illinois' population 12 years and older has been fully vaccinated and nearly 60% has received at least one dose, according to new data released by the Ill...
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Experts see strides on AIDS, but COVID-19 halted progressJun 04, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Some researchers believe COVID-19 has derailed the fight against HIV, siphoning away health workers and other resources and setting back a U.S. campaign ...
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FDA approves obesity drug that helped people cut weight 15%Jun 04, 2021 7:00 am - Regulators on Friday said a new version of a popular diabetes medicine could be sold as a weight-loss drug in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration approved Wegovy, ...
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'The risk was too great': How COVID-19 pandemic has affected suburban summer festsJun 04, 2021 5:30 am - Ribfest organizers had reached the point of no return when they decided to pull the plug last month on their 33rd annual event. The Exchange Club of Naperville was hopin...