Articles filed under Health Crises
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Lombard students get graduation by deliveryJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - Commencement came via delivery Friday for eighth-grade graduates of Glenn Westlake Middle School in Lombard. Principal Mike Fumagalli and nearly 175 other staff members...
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Geneva District 304 preparing for abnormal learning scenarios this fallJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - The future is foggy for schools statewide as they await guidance on the structure and setting of education this fall. But Geneva Unit District 304 administrators know o...
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State's COVID-19 infection rate continues declineJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois is averaging less than a 4% positive-test rate for COVID-19 this week after state health officials announced only 595 new infections Friday. That puts the state...
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Parents call on District 214 to reopen for in-person classes this fallJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - Some parents who want their kids back in school full time this fall object to Northwest Suburban High School District 214's preliminary plans that would have students sp...
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Trial in lawsuit against Hastert delayed againJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - The jury trial in a $1.8 million breach-of-contract case between former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man known as James Doe has once again been pushed back be...
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State's nursing homes list shows 3,433 COVID-19 deaths; here are the latest case countsJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - Coronavirus deaths linked to Illinois long-term care facilities increased by 380 over the last week, bringing the number of people who have died to at least 3,433, accor...
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Some YMCA facilities, summer camps to open next week, but with limitsJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - Community centers and programs operated by the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago will begin gradually reopening to the public Monday, the organization announced - but swimmin...
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Downplaying virus risk, Trump gets back to business as usualJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - At the White House, aides now routinely flout internal rules requiring face masks. The president's campaign is again scheduling mass arena rallies. And he i...
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June 12 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 67,409 cases in the suburbs, about 51% of the state's total, according to th...
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Final tests of some COVID-19 vaccines to start next monthJun 11, 2020 7:00 am - The first experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. is on track to begin a huge study next month to prove if it really can fend off the coronavirus, while hard-hit Brazi...