Articles filed under Health Crises
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One company's quest for an antibody drug to fight COVID-19Dec 21, 2020 6:00 am - On a Saturday afternoon in March as COVID-19 was bearing down on New York City, a dozen scientists anxiously crowded around a computer in a suburban drug company's lab. ...
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A COVID Christmas: Suburban churches keep traditions aliveDec 21, 2020 4:30 am - Christmas car caravans. Live nativities with masked volunteers performing to socially distanced audiences. Virtual and drive-in religious services. Suburban Christian co...
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Roadwork still a priority as pandemic affects Schaumburg's capital projects planDec 21, 2020 4:30 am - Schaumburg's new five-year, $185 million plan for capital improvements demonstrates how long-lasting the impact of 2020's pandemic-related revenue losses are expected to...
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Bills would allow state lawmakers to meet, vote remotelyDec 21, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two lawmakers have introduced legislation that would allow the General Assembly to meet and vote remotely during a pandemic or other emergency that makes i...
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Congress approves $900 billion COVID relief billDec 21, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources ...
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'Do as I say': Anger as some politicians ignore virus rulesDec 21, 2020 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Denver's mayor flies to Mississippi to spend Thanksgiving with his family - after urging others to stay home. He later says he was thinking with "my...
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New COVID-19 cases drop to 4,699 as state reports 98 more deathsDec 21, 2020 12:00 am - COVID-19 infections dropped again Monday with 4,699 new cases, the lowest since late October, as health departments and hospitals prepare for 174,000 doses of Moderna In...
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With winter at hand, the virus whips up winds of uncertaintyDec 21, 2020 12:00 am - Coronavirus cases spiking nationwide. A chill, existential and literal, setting in once more. And now: a winter likely to be streaked by a soundtrack of sirens instead o...
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Seoul region curbing public gatherings to stop 'explosive' surge of COVID-19Dec 21, 2020 12:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - Gatherings of more than five people will be banned in South Korea's capital region as an elevated step to suppress what authorities call an "explosi...
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Highlights of $900 billion COVID-19 relief, wrapup billsDec 21, 2020 12:00 am - Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and reams o...