Articles filed under Health Crises
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White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free testsDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is once more making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it releases its contingency plans with coronavirus...
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A week into China's easing, uncertainty over virus directionDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - A week after China dramatically eased some of the world's strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remained Thursday over the direction of the pand...
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China won't report asymptomatic COVID cases in further shiftDec 14, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - China said Wednesday that it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they've become impossible to track with mass testing no longer required, an...
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Nearly three quarters of Illinois counties at elevated COVID-19 riskDec 09, 2022 12:00 am - A recent spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations means nearly three quarters of all Illinois counties are at an elevated risk level. The U.S. Centers for Disease Co...
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China eases anti-COVID measures following protestsDec 08, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strate...
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Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations increase 42% in two weeksDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - For the first time since September, more than 1,500 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Illinois. The 1,505 COVID-19 patients being treated in hospitals throughout the...
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Legislation would create safe spaces for using opioidsDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - A proposal in Springfield would allow state-licensed drug injection sites to open across Illinois in an effort to reduce fatal overdoses amid a nationwide opioid crisis ...
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Students sent home, police on patrol as China curbs protestsNov 29, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti...
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Protesting workers beaten at Chinese iPhone factoryNov 23, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Police beat workers protesting over a pay dispute at the biggest factory for Apple's iPhone, whose new model is delayed by controls imposed as China tries to c...
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Remembrance in Palatine invokes MLK's call for equity in health careNov 21, 2022 12:00 am - Northwest suburban residents and leaders gathered in Palatine Saturday for the 53rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Dinner, which emphasized King's call fo...