Articles filed under Health Crises
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Facts Matter: Booster shot was not cause of Betty White's deathJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Actress Betty White died on New Year's Eve, three weeks short of her 100th birthday. The Oak Park native, born Jan. 17, 1922, quickly became the subject of misinformatio...
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When is omicron peak coming? Case counts in Illinois dip slightly, but still highJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - New COVID-19 infections remain high but edged down from record-setting tallies in the 40,000s last week, Illinois Department of Public Health records showed Monday. The ...
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U.S. hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the jobJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they ha...
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Des Plaines District 62 cancels all classes this week due to COVID-19Jan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Classes in Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 have been canceled for the week, starting Tuesday, because of rising COVID-19 infections. Superintendent Paul Hertel...
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Chicago fight with teachers union stretches into 2nd weekJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - The leader of the Chicago Teachers Union on Monday blamed the city's mayor for the continued standoff over COVID-19 protocols as classes for hundreds of thousands of stu...
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Woodland schools to resume in-person instruction TuesdayJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Woodland Elementary School District 50 will resume in-person classes Tuesday after providing more than 500 COVID-19 tests to students, teachers and the community in the ...
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Chicago students to return WednesdayJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - The Chicago Teachers Union's governing body has voted to suspend its labor action and return to in-person work Tuesday, ending a bitter dispute with Chicago Public Schoo...
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Despite misgivings with vaccine rules, Rosemont officials are doing 'best we can' on enforcementJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Rosemont officials said Monday they're doing "the best we can" to enforce Cook County's proof-of-vaccination mandate at municipal-owned venues such as the Allstate Arena...
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Citing vaccine mandate, Bob Chinn's Crab House to pause operations for a month in WheelingJan 09, 2022 12:00 am - Citing Cook County's proof-of-vaccination mandate, the popular Bob Chinn's Crab House in Wheeling is closing for the next month, management announced Saturday. "Due to u...
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Almost half of patients at McHenry County's Northwestern Medicine hospitals have COVID-19Jan 09, 2022 12:00 am - As many as half of the patients hospitalized in Northwestern Medicine's over-capacity McHenry County hospitals have COVID-19, hospital officials said. Now, Northwestern ...