Articles filed under Health Crises
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Illinois reports fewer COVID-19 deaths, cases as holiday slows data collectionJan 02, 2021 12:00 am - The number of COVID-19 deaths in Illinois reported Saturday dropped sharply, though the decrease probably related to slow reporting over the New Year's holiday, the stat...
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Soapbox: Our editors' advice on the COVID-19 pandemicJan 02, 2021 12:00 am - Seventh in an Opinion series Keep this going COVID-19 put the brakes on industrial emissions, improved air quality, gave some ecosystems a breather and got more of ...
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EXPLAINER: Should vaccine volunteers now get the real thing?Jan 01, 2021 6:00 am - Tens of thousands of Americans have volunteered to test COVID-19 vaccines, but only about half of them got the real thing during trials. Now, with the first vaccine rol...
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Free COVID-19 testing Jan. 4-9 in Mundelein, Antioch and Round LakeJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - An Illinois Department of Public Health mobile testing facility will make stops in Mundelein, Antioch and Round Lake to provide free COVID-19 testing. The facility will ...
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157 more died of COVID-19 in IllinoisJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Another 157 people in Illinois died of COVID-19 as the new year began, bringing the state's toll to 16,647. The Illinois Department of Public Health reporting Friday tha...
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Editorial: Second stimulus is a beginning, nothing moreJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Sixth in an Opinion series The Daily Herald Editorial Board To be sure, the $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill, aka the second stimulus, will help millions of Americans...
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We are not helplessJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - This is a tightrope column, the kind you'd rather not write, about an event you don't feel you can ignore. You tread carefully, but you want people to pay attention as y...
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Life in Los AngelesJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Los Angeles is on the verge of becoming the world's biggest COVID hot spot. "The epicenter," we say, shaking our heads. How did this happen? "It's not so bad here," we s...
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Fashion designer creates high-end medical gowns for Edward-Elmhurst HealthDec 31, 2020 4:30 am - The phone call was somewhat of a last resort, and the request was certainly unconventional. But Edward-Elmhurst Health CEO Mary Lou Mastro was growing desperate. At the ...
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Looking back at 2020 in high school sports: A year like no otherDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - The 2019-2020 high school sports year started off like any other. Holiday basketball tournaments concluded, boys and girls hoops teams headed into the 2020 portion of th...