Articles filed under Health Crises
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Editorial: A COVID-19 tear-soaked benchmarkJan 16, 2021 1:00 pm - We are looking this week at a tear-soaked benchmark. It is a virtual certainty that the COVID-19 death toll will pass 400,000 in the United States. Such a tragedy, not j...
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New vaccine technology aids speedy developmentJan 16, 2021 6:00 am - Q: I don't think I'm the only one wondering how the new coronavirus vaccines got developed so fast when other vaccines in the past took so much longer. Can you please e...
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State reports 130 more deaths, 5,343 virus more cases SaturdayJan 16, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 5,343 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease and 130 additional deaths. The dead included 43 ...
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Glenview COVID-19 test site to add Sunday hoursJan 16, 2021 12:00 am - Due to higher-than-expected demand, the testing site at Flick Park Field House in Glenview will add Sunday hours, according to state Sen. Laura Fine, a Glenview Democrat...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Jan. 15Jan 16, 2021 12:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 451,049 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 42.6% of the state's total, according to the Il...
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It's 'confusing,' but it's coming. The latest on COVID-19 vaccinations for suburban seniors.Jan 16, 2021 12:00 am - It's not just the waiting that's the hardest part for seniors eager to be vaccinated against COVID-19. It's the uncertainty over when, where and how they can get inocula...
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EU regulator: Hackers 'manipulated' stolen vaccine documentsJan 15, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The European Union's drug regulator said Friday that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers by hackers have been not only leaked to the web, bu...
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Former Elgin woman remembered for love of “simple pleasures in life”Jan 15, 2021 12:00 am - A former Elgin woman who is remembered for her love of the “simple pleasures in life” has died from complications from COVID-19. Lorelei Wenzel, 77, died peacefully in ...
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As suburbs edge closer to looser restrictions, restaurants get some hope for indoor serviceJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - The suburbs and Chicago will stay under tough restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but trends indicate those could be lifted soon, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Fri...
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Illinois to begin next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations in 10 daysJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - With the state's first case of a more infectious variant of COVID-19 diagnosed Friday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker laid out a vaccination program that includes deploying the Illi...