Articles filed under Health Crises
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Bartlett Fire District offers at-home vaccinationsJun 04, 2021 1:00 am - The Bartlett Fire Protection District, in partnership with DuPage County Health Department and Central DuPage Hospital EMS system, has begun administering COVID-19 vacci...
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Editorial: Let's give the vaccine lottery a try in IllinoisJun 04, 2021 1:00 am - Details are as yet scarce, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker appears poised to put Illinois aboard the vaccine lottery bandwagon, pledging to devote around $7 million to lottery pr...
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St. Viator to host drive-thru COVID vaccination clinic June 10Jun 03, 2021 11:00 pm - St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights has been approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health to serve as a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site on Thursday,...
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American Telugu Association donates 400 oxygen units in IndiaJun 03, 2021 11:00 pm - American Telugu Association, a burgeoning Telugu organization on its altruistic mission of displaying passion for humanity, donated 400 oxygen concentrator units to the ...
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Local Soup Kettle to host vaccine clinic June 12 in ElginJun 03, 2021 11:00 pm - People experiencing chronic homelessness in Elgin deserve the opportunity to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and the volunteers who run the Saturday night Soup Kettle at...
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Pill shows benefit in certain hard-to-treat breast cancersJun 03, 2021 7:00 am - A pill has been shown to help keep certain early-stage, hard-to-treat breast cancers at bay after initial treatment in findings being reported early because they are so ...
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WHO: Vaccinating kids 'not a high priority' amid shortageJun 03, 2021 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization's top vaccines expert said Thursday that immunizing children against COVID-19 is not a high priority from a WHO perspective, ...
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FDA warns doctors to stop using heart pump tied to deathsJun 03, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health regulators warned surgeons Thursday to stop implanting a heart pump made by Medtronic due to power failures recently tied to cases of strok...
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'Next big wave': Radiation drugs track and kill cancer cellsJun 03, 2021 7:00 am - Doctors are reporting improved survival in men with advanced prostate cancer from an experimental drug that delivers radiation directly to tumor cells. Few such drugs a...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations drop to lowest level since state started keeping trackJun 03, 2021 1:00 am - The number of patients in hospitals being treated for COVID-19 has reached the lowest level since the Illinois Department of Public Health began reporting that metric, o...