Articles filed under Health Crises
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Constable: Nurses star in Arcada's free 'Salute to Heroes' ABBA showJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - Friday night's show at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles started the way owner Ron Onesti begins every show. "I always bring out the American flag, play the national ant...
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Facts Matter: Biden takes credit for Trump-signed billJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - During a news conference earlier this month at the White House, President Joe Biden touted a consumer protection law that guards against patients being hit with unexpect...
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7-day COVID-19 case positivity rate dips into single digits after four weeks of highsJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois' positivity rate for COVID-19 cases dipped into single digits for the first time since Dec. 29, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Friday. The pos...
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'Our grief is so great': Kane County remembers more than 1,000 lives lost to COVIDJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - Frank Giampoli made a lot of memories during the 46 years he toiled in Kane County's courtrooms. He spent 18 years as a public defender and many more in private practice...
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Two powerful drugs now adding to US overdose crisisJan 27, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Emerging reports show that two little-known drugs are making lethal new contributions to America's drug overdose crisis. Para-fluorofentanyl and metonita...
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EU regulator recommends Pfizer's COVID pill be authorizedJan 27, 2022 6:00 am - AMSTERDAM (AP) - The European Medicines Agency has recommended that Pfizer's coronavirus antiviral drug be authorized for use in the 27-nation European Union, the first ...
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Constable: Suburban chain of shared office spaces with a BYOB lounge works for so many reasonsJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - In January 2020, when the United States was just about to record its first case of a mysterious illness called COVID-19, Bobby Kellman and co-founders Dan and Karen Krav...
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Feds cite multiple deficiencies at two COVID-19 testing companies with pop-ups across suburbsJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - Federal regulators found sloppy practices at two additional Chicago-based COVID-19 testing companies serving thousands across the region. U.S. Centers for Medicare and M...
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Editorial: The frustration of ever-increasing opioid deathsJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - The annals of this newspaper have been filled for years with tales of people whose lives were destroyed, or nearly destroyed, by opioids; and by chronicling the relentle...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois the lowest in a monthJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations hit their lowest point in a month, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Thursday. As of Wednesday night, there were 4,824 COVID-19 ...