Articles filed under Health Crises
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Hot dog, a ballgame! With a smaller crowd at Chicago Dogs opener in RosemontJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Face masks and hand sanitizer became as much a part of the baseball fan experience as peanuts and Cracker Jacks during the Chicago Dogs' opening night Tuesday in Rosemon...
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COVID challenges show need for Woodridge Food Pantry expansion, new models for accessJul 06, 2020 11:00 pm - The West Suburban Community Pantry, headquartered in Woodridge, is moving ahead with its campaign "Access 2020: Building Capacity, Breaking Down Barriers." Proceeds from...
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Republicans in Kane County host Community Care Package Drive July 11Jul 06, 2020 11:00 pm - On Saturday, July 11, from 10 to 11 a.m., a safe, drive-through Community Care Package Distribution will be hosted by Valley View Baptist Church at 6N656 Route 25 in St....
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DuPage County Health Department supports safe travel recommendationsJul 06, 2020 11:00 pm - The DuPage County Health Department recently announced its support for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's updated guidance to provide additional measures t...
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Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge virus can spread in airJul 06, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air - a change that...
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Waste-watching: Sewage can help track pandemic virus trendsJul 06, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK - One county in Utah beat back a spike of pandemic virus infections in the spring, and another saw its rate jump. Both trends showed up in their sewage. Yes, se...
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AIDS report: Kids are lagging and COVID-19 is harming careJul 06, 2020 7:00 am - New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic show some big successes, such as fewer deaths and new infections. But there are also some tragic failures: Only half the children...
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Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from COVID-19 complicationsJul 06, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as "Waitress," "A Bronx Tale" and "Bullets Over Broad...
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Traffic is way down because of COVID-19, but fatal crash numbers are similar to 2019Jul 06, 2020 5:30 am - In April, at the height of the quietus caused by Illinois' stay-at-home order to reduce spread of COVID-19, passenger traffic on toll roads plunged by up to 55%. Highway...
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Payroll Protection Program recipients include thousands in IllinoisJul 06, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — The government on Monday identified roughly 650,000 mostly small businesses and nonprofits that received taxpayer money from a federal program that probably...