Articles filed under Health Crises
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Illinois COVID-19 deaths up 22% over a month ago, but cases continue to declineMay 12, 2021 1:00 am - The number of Illinoisans dying of COVID-19 has increased 22.3% in recent weeks, but the trend is "not significant," the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. D...
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'As a community, we pulled together': District 225 board retires 2020-21 learning planMay 12, 2021 1:00 am - Some retirements are somber and some are worth celebrating. This one was worth celebrating. The Glenbrook High Schools District 225 board on May 10 resolved to "retire" ...
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CDC advisers mull how to use Pfizer shots in kids 12 and upMay 12, 2021 1:00 am - States are rolling out Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to pediatricians and even some school vaccine clinics as they prepare to vaccinate millions of kids as young as 12. Federa...
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Bloomingdale Park District to hold May 14 vaccine clinic for age 12 to 16May 11, 2021 11:00 pm - On Friday, May 14, Bloomingdale Park District, in partnership with Rana-Reagan Pharmacy, is holding a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic for age 12 to 16 at the Johnston Recreation...
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NIH vaccine designer takes coronavirus research to HarvardMay 11, 2021 7:00 am - The U.S. government scientist who helped design one of the first COVID-19 vaccines and then tackled skepticism of the shots in communities of color is moving to Harvard...
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AIDS virus used in gene therapy to fix 'bubble baby' diseaseMay 11, 2021 7:00 am - A gene therapy that makes use of an unlikely helper, the AIDS virus, gave a working immune system to 48 babies and toddlers who were born without one, doctors reported T...
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US doctors group issues anti-racism plan for itself, fieldMay 11, 2021 7:00 am - The nation's largest doctors group Tuesday released a comprehensive plan aimed at dismantling structural racism inside its own ranks and within the U.S. medical establis...
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Dedicated volunteer at Schaumburg's Trickster Center dies after COVID-19 fightMay 11, 2021 1:00 am - Angel Salas, a Vietnam-era veteran, sun dancer of the Native American Lakota Nation and frequent volunteer for the Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg, died Monday a...
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Get the kids vaccinated? Many suburban parents eager to get it done, but others hesitateMay 11, 2021 1:00 am - Julie Herrera never really had to ask her 12-year-old daughter Ella if she wanted to get a COVID-19 vaccine. "I think she knew it had been approved for kids her age befo...
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'Shot and a beer' bill would allow free drink for the vaccinatedMay 11, 2021 1:00 am - Free booze with your COVID-19 vaccine? It soon could be possible in Illinois. Legislation filed by Riverside Democratic state Rep. Michael Zalewski would allow Illinois ...