Articles filed under Health Crises
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How has Cook County spent its COVID-relief money? New website explainsAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - Cook County has launched a new website - arpa.cookcountyil.gov - to show how the county is spending the $1 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds it has recei...
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Monthly COVID deaths drop to an all-time low in IllinoisAug 05, 2023 1:00 am - Hospitalization figures also keep dropping in Illinois
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Red Cross opens new blood donation center in SchaumburgJul 28, 2023 1:00 am - The American Red Cross has opened a new state-of-the-art blood donation site at 622 E. Golf Road in Schaumburg to better serve the Northwest suburbs. Each day, the Red C...
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Cook County saw record 2,000 fatal opioid overdoses last year, most linked to fentanylJul 25, 2023 1:00 am - Cook County experienced a record number of opioid overdose deaths last year, the great majority of which involved fentanyl, the county medical examiner's office reported...
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West Nile virus detected in Batavia mosquito sampleJul 24, 2023 1:00 am - Mosquitoes in a Batavia sample have tested positive for the West Nile virus, Kane County health officials said. There have been no human cases of West Nile virus reporte...
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Narcan dispenser installed in Arlington Heights Police Department lobbyJul 21, 2023 1:00 am - Arlington Heights police and other officials Saturday will unveil a vending machine containing overdose-reversing medication Narcan and fentanyl testing strips in the po...
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Dozens of cats in Poland had bird flu but the risk to people is low, the UN health agency saysJul 17, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization said more than two dozen cats have been infected with bird flu across Poland, but no people appeared to have been sickened. I...
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'Pandemic within the pandemic': Long COVID affects a third of COVID-19 survivors, study saysJul 13, 2023 1:00 am - In May, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 public health emergency over. But thousands of patients diagnosed with long COVID still suffer lingering neur...
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Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile in Wheaton, Medinah, Wood DaleJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been found in Medinah, Wheaton and Wood Dale. Batches of mosquitoes collected July 5 in the three towns are the first in DuP...
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FDA advisers endorse updating COVID vaccines to target latest omicron strainJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall. Today's vaccines still contain the original coronavirus strain, the one that started the pandemic —...