Articles filed under Health Crises
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Why you should not share your COVID vaccination card on social mediaFeb 02, 2021 12:00 am - Sometimes you get caught up collecting all of those social media “likes” and “thumbs-up” and throw common sense out the window. Have you had your COVID-19 vaccination ye...
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Editorial: Don't let down your guard amid COVID-19 progressFeb 02, 2021 12:00 am - Recent gains in the fight against COVID-19 provide some much-needed reason for optimism. The suburban region has moved to less-restrictive Phase 4 mitigations, including...
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1.9 million hits in first hour for Cook website offering COVID-19 vaccination appointmentsFeb 02, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois' daily tally of people getting COVID-19 vaccinations remained below the seven-day average, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Tuesday, but it's n...
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Report: Many US nursing home staff decline first COVID shotsFeb 01, 2021 6:00 am - A little more than a third of nursing home workers have been getting COVID-19 vaccines when the shots are first offered, U.S. health officials said Monday. The Centers f...
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Stevenson senior's research aims to help find cure for COVID-19Feb 01, 2021 4:30 am - Since the coronavirus pandemic hit, researchers have been scrambling to combat the deadly virus that has claimed more than 2 million lives and infected more than 100 mil...
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Biden to meet Republicans who propose lesser virus aidFeb 01, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is to meet on Monday with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed $618 billion in coronavirus aid, about a third of the $1.9...
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Schaumburg's Hodges opts out of season, family cites health concernsFeb 01, 2021 12:00 am - At 6-feet-8, Chris Hodges has always looked at the big picture. Hodges, a Schaumburg senior who is signed to continue his education and basketball career at Wisconsin, h...
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Suburban Cook County vaccine signup opens at 9 a.m. TuesdayFeb 01, 2021 12:00 am - COVID-19 appointment slots will be available beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday for people who live or work in suburban Cook County and are age 65 and older or essential worker...
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As virus cuts class time, teachers have to leave out lessonsFeb 01, 2021 12:00 am - English teachers are deciding which books to skip. History teachers are condensing units. Science teachers are often doing without experiments entirely. With instruction...
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Where are Illinois' vaccines? Congressmen want to know why doses for state are laggingFeb 01, 2021 12:00 am - As Illinois approaches its millionth COVID-19 vaccination, federal data shows it is in the bottom 10 of 50 states both for doses received from the federal government and...