Articles filed under Health Crises
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Six Flags Hurricane Harbor to reopen this summerJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - Officials at Hurricane Harbor water parks in Gurnee and Rockford have begun hiring lifeguards and other employees in preparation to open for an abbreviated summer season...
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Plan emerges to distribute Kane County COVID-19 relief funds, but politics remains an obstacleJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - Facing a vote of no confidence this week, the Kane County task force overseeing the use of $93 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds put forward a plan to use the mon...
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July 1 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 73,724 cases in the suburbs, 51% of the state's total, according to the Illi...
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Editorial: The return of baseball amidst a pandemicJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - Over the weekend, baseball nostalgia columnist Steve Zalusky wrote a reflection of Ron Santo from the viewpoint of his sons growing up with him in Glenview. As fans of b...
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Naperville professors share knowledge on 'Ripples of COVID-19'Jul 01, 2020 1:00 am - North Central College professors who are beginning to notice the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their areas of study are sharing their knowledge this summer ...
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Lines, delays greet lottery winners seeking prize moneyJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - Some Illinois Lottery winners have waited more than three months to receive their prize money because of coronavirus-related closures. But even as the lottery office in ...
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Democrats: Government's 'deadly delay' devastated nursing homesJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Trump administration was slow to comprehend the scale of COVID-19's impact on nursing homes and a disjointed federal response has only compounded the de...
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Hollowed out public health system faces more cuts amid virusJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the worst health crisis in a century. Marshaled against a virus that has s...
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'Pooled testing' for COVID-19 holds promise, pitfallsJun 30, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's top health officials are banking on a new approach to dramatically boost U.S. screening for the coronavirus: combining test samples in bat...
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A song to make you smile: 'Salvation' by The StrumbellasJun 30, 2020 4:00 am - We're trying to inject a little positivity in the paper (and on dailyherald.com) with a daily "Song to Make You Smile." It's designed to help lift you out of your corona...