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US allows 2 more over-the-counter COVID-19 home testsApr 01, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials have authorized two more over-the-counter COVID-19 tests that can be used at home to get rapid results. The move by the Food and ...
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Republican leader pushes for expanded COVID-19 liability protectionsApr 01, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The top Republican in the state Senate has introduced a bill to shield health care providers and others from being held responsible for injuries or deaths ...
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Most new cases since early February, continuing the March trendApr 01, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 escalated by 38% the second half of March, but deaths declined by about 26% in that same period, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed T...
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Kane County to receive another $103 million in federal COVID assistanceApr 01, 2021 1:00 am - The federal American Rescue Plan will put another $103.3 million in Kane County's coffers to help address the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, but county boar...
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COVID-19 cancels 8 more high school football gamesApr 01, 2021 1:00 am - High school football cancellations reached a new three-week high on Thursday, as eight more games in the suburbs were canceled due to COVID-19 protocols. That brings the...
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Cook County opens 22,000 more vaccination appointmentsApr 01, 2021 1:00 am - Cook County Health opened about 22,000 first-dose appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday afternoon for time slots on Friday, Saturday and Monday. Locations wil...
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Company producing J&J vaccine had history of violationsApr 01, 2021 1:00 am - The company at the center of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard 15 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. healt...
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COVID-19 pushed total US deaths beyond 3.3 million last yearMar 31, 2021 7:00 am - The COVID-19 pandemic pushed total U.S. deaths last year beyond 3.3 million, the nation's highest annual death toll, the government reported Wednesday. The coronavirus c...
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Man's Ebola relapse spawned dozens of new cases in AfricaMar 31, 2021 7:00 am - A man in Africa who developed Ebola despite receiving a vaccine recovered but suffered a relapse nearly six months later that led to 91 new cases before he died. The rep...
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More than 1,000 shots given to seniors, others at Arlington Heights clinicMar 31, 2021 1:00 am - The Arlington Ridge Center in Arlington Heights hosted a mass vaccination clinic Wednesday for seniors and others in categories 1B and 1B+. Some 1,170 doses of the Pfize...