Articles filed under Health Crises
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State sued over COVID-19 death at the LaSalle Veterans' HomeApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A wrongful-death lawsuit on behalf of a Korean War veteran who contracted COVID-19 at the LaSalle Veterans' Home accuses the facility of negligent care tha...
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Illinois expecting half a million new vaccine doses this weekApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois vaccine providers have received another 342,670 vaccine doses, state health officials reported Tuesday. It's part of a 551,590-dose allocation the state is expe...
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What you need to know about the J&J vaccine pauseApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - Federal health officials Tuesday called for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine after reporting six women 18 to 48 years old had dev...
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Unusual treatment shows promise for kids with brain tumorsApr 12, 2021 7:00 am - For decades, a deadly type of childhood cancer has eluded science's best tools. Now doctors have made progress with an unusual treatment: Dripping millions of copies of ...
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Immune-boosting drug may help before lung cancer surgeryApr 12, 2021 7:00 am - A drug that helps the immune system fight cancer gave dramatic results when used with chemotherapy before surgery in patients with operable lung tumors, doctors report. ...
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Are 'vaccine passports' for real? Field is wide open on COVID-19 travel IDsApr 12, 2021 5:00 am - There's a lot of buzz about “vaccine passports” that offer digital documentation of a COVID-19 inoculation to ease travel during the pandemic, but what does that really ...
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State widens vaccine eligibility today, but how fast can you get an appointment?Apr 12, 2021 5:00 am - Even though suburban public health officials are opening up COVID-19 vaccination to anyone 16 and older beginning today, it might take a while for those who are newly el...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations up 24% from a week ago, while teens face vaccine challengeApr 12, 2021 1:00 am - Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are up 24% in Illinois from a week ago, with Monday bringing the largest single-day inpatient spike since mid-November, Illinois Department...
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Walgreens surpasses 11 million COVID-19 vaccines administeredApr 12, 2021 1:00 am - Deerfield-based Walgreens is now administering COVID-19 vaccines at a majority of its stores and continues to play an integral role in the nation's vaccination and pande...
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Lake County's largest COVID-19 vaccination site coming to Round Lake Beach next weekApr 12, 2021 1:00 am - The Lake County Health Department said Monday that when the new COVID-19 vaccination site at the old Kmart in Round Lake Beach is fully operational, it will be the large...