Articles filed under Health Crises
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Employers, insurers push to make virtual visits regular careMay 02, 2021 7:00 am - Make telemedicine your first choice for most doctor visits. That's the message some U.S. employers and insurers are sending with a new wave of care options. Amazon and s...
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McHenry approves $52.7 million 2021-22 budget, with 'extremely conservative' revenue estimatesMay 02, 2021 1:00 am - The McHenry City Council last week unanimously approved a $52.7 million budget, with a more than $520,000 reduction in expected general fund revenues from last year's mu...
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Suburban school districts step up efforts to vaccinate teensMay 02, 2021 1:00 am - As the school year winds down, several suburban school districts are ramping up efforts to get older students inoculated against the COVID-19 virus before they break for...
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State reports new COVID-19 cases down from previous dayMay 02, 2021 1:00 am - The number of new COVID-19 cases is down, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The IDPH Sunday reported 1,860 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID...
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Editorial: India's hour of pandemic devastationMay 01, 2021 2:00 pm - When you look at the images and the stories coming out of India, you are not human if you are not moved to tears. Such suffering and hardship and hopelessness. So many C...
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Constable: Suburban ultramarathoner with PTSD works to help firefighters under pressureMay 01, 2021 1:00 am - His voice catches and his eyes water as Ryan Mains tells this story from his days as a combat medic in Iraq. Hearing him tell it makes me gasp and forces me to dab my ey...
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2,813 new coronavirus cases, 32 additional deaths reported SaturdayMay 01, 2021 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 2,813 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease and 32 additional deaths. The dead included eigh...
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Pfizer, BioNTech seek EU's OK to use COVID vaccine on kidsApr 30, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech have submitted a request to the European drug regulator for the approval of their coronavirus vaccine to be extended to include ch...
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US officials: Anxiety drove vaccine reactions in 5 statesApr 30, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It was anxiety - and not a problem with the shots - that caused fainting, dizziness and other short-term reactions in dozens of people at coronavirus vac...
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Illinois won't issue vaccination passports, Pritzker saysApr 30, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is taking a pass on the "Vax Pass." Days after Chicago public health officials teased the idea of a COVID-19 vaccine passport that residents would nee...