Articles filed under Health Crises
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Glenbrook South athletic camps suspended due to COVID-19Jul 13, 2020 1:00 am - Glenbrook South High School has suspended athletic camps today and Tuesday after learning at least one student who participated in the camps last week has tested positiv...
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'AWARE for All' event July 16 to focus on disparities in clinical trialsJul 12, 2020 11:00 pm - Minority communities are under-represented in clinical trials. Engaging a diverse population remains a challenge, but it is necessary to eliminate health disparities and...
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What should school look like in the fall?Jul 12, 2020 7:00 am - A big question parents have right now is how students can go back to school safely during COVID-19. The latest American Academy of Pediatrics advice says children learn ...
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Millennial Money: Lessons learned while sheltering at homeJul 12, 2020 6:19 am - Shelter in place. Lockdown. Quarantine. Whatever you call it, it's been a few months since the COVID-19 pandemic taught us what staying home for an extended period of ti...
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Companies are hiring their own epidemiologists to help deal with the pandemicJul 12, 2020 6:18 am - GrubHub wasn't sure how to safely deliver meals during a pandemic. The familiar food safety rules of temperature and sanitation were not enough. Did drivers need masks? ...
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Why missing college this fall is a bad idea for returning studentsJul 12, 2020 6:17 am - As colleges figure out how to structure classes this fall, many students are questioning whether to enroll at all. The idea of taking a gap year might sound enticing, bu...
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Employers find testing employees for COVID-19 more trouble than it's worthJul 12, 2020 6:00 am - From nursing homes in New York and a landfill in Utah to Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip, employers are wrestling with workplace safety in the age of COVID-19 and m...
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Pritzker urges use of face coverings as state reports 954 more COVID-19 casesJul 12, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials reported another 954 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as well as another 20 deaths from the virus. The report ends a run of three consecutiv...
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July 12 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 12, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 78,079 cases in the suburbs as of Sunday, 51% of the state's total, accordin...
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Cashing in on COVID-19 billions despite Medicare fraud, millions in settlementsJul 12, 2020 1:00 am - A nonprofit healthcare giant based in Chicago that's paid more than $80 million in settlements since 2010 over Medicare and Medicaid fraud and other violations of federa...