Articles filed under Health Crises
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State employment agency responds to GOP criticismsJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - House Republicans continued to criticize the Pritzker administration Wednesday as the Illinois Department of Employment Support works through ongoing staff...
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Elgin Kids Club program offers new option for e-learnersJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - With Elgin Area School District U-46 elementary students preparing for hybrid learning to start next week, Elgin's Parks and Recreation Department is continuing its Kids...
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Rapid COVID testing facility opens in Vernon HillsJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - A COVID-19 rapid test facility opened Thursday in the Hawthorn Mall parking lot facing Route 60 (Townline Road) west of Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) in Vernon Hills. ...
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Algonquin receives $350,000 grant from state to give to businesses affected by COVID-19Jan 07, 2021 12:00 am - The village of Algonquin was awarded $350,000 from the state to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Grant amounts vary from $5,000 to $15,000 and will be ...
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U.S. registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirusJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - The U.S. registered more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than ever before - nearly 3,900 - on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep...
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School districts to roll out COVID-19 saliva screeningsJan 06, 2021 4:30 am - A growing number of suburban school districts are preparing to roll out a COVID-19 saliva screening program aimed at curbing the spread of the virus as students return t...
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Group tries to help boost immune systems of caregiversJan 06, 2021 4:30 am - After seeing how hard the staff worked at Sunnymere retirement home in Aurora as they cared for her mother, Cindy Sansale decided she needed to help the nurses care for ...
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Radtke: It's time for state officials to meet with IHSAJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - The time has come for an answer to the question about high school sports: How long do you hit the Pause button before you push Play, Fast-Forward or Stop? With Feb. 13 l...
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UK leader vows to use 'every second' to vaccinate vulnerableJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - LONDON - U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged that his government would use "every available second" to shield the elderly and the vulnerable from the virus rampagi...
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Nine COVID-19 deaths in Glenview and Northbrook this weekJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Nine people in Glenview and Northbrook died of COVID-19 in the past week, and 262 new cases of the disease were diagnosed in the communities, the Cook County public heal...