Articles filed under Health Crises
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Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirthsFeb 10, 2022 6:00 am - New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women. It's an uncommon outcome for any pregnancy but women...
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CDC proposes softer guidance on opioid prescriptionsFeb 10, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The nation's top public health agency on Thursday proposed changing - and in some instances, softening - guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodon...
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Pediatric experts: Masks are key to preventing COVID-19 infections at schoolFeb 10, 2022 4:00 am - Pediatric experts say there's no argument masks are key in reducing the spread of COVID-19, even as lawyers debate whether Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration is authori...
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Lake County considers options for second round of federal relief fundingFeb 10, 2022 12:00 am - The books are closed on $121 million in federal CARES Act funds and Lake County officials now are considering how best to allocate the second injection of COVID relief m...
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Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations drop below 2,400Feb 10, 2022 12:00 am - For the first time since November, there are fewer than 2,400 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Illinois. State health officials Thursday reported 2,380 COVID-19 patient...
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Lake County seeking applicants for health crisis response teamsFeb 10, 2022 12:00 am - County's new mobile mental health program is funded by state grant
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Kaneland district cancels Friday classesFeb 10, 2022 12:00 am - School will be canceled Friday for students in Kaneland School District 302 so that administrators can plan COVID-19 mitigation strategies, district officials said. The...
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Despite student protests, mask mandates in place at several Lake County schoolsFeb 10, 2022 12:00 am - Despite anti-mask mandate protests lead by high school students in Mundelein, Gurnee, Libertyville and Vernon Hills, school officials said they will keep masking policie...
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Schaumburg mayor's call for return to in-person work catches eye of Chicago mediaFeb 09, 2022 10:00 pm - Chicago television and radio took interest this week in the Daily Herald's coverage of Schaumburg Mayor Tom Dailly's state of the village address, in which he asked the ...
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Agencies: Avian flu found in birds at Indiana turkey farmFeb 09, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A strain of avian flu that can cause high mortality rates among birds has been confirmed at a commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana, federal and...