Articles filed under Health Crises
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Aurora prepares to feed 1,500 more families for ChristmasDec 19, 2020 10:00 pm - For the seventh time since the pandemic began, the state's second-largest city is hosting a citywide pop-up food pantry, just in time for Christmas. The City of Aurora i...
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Advocate Condell to resume COVID-19 vaccinations after 4 workers have adverse reactionsDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville will resume its COVID-19 vaccination program on Sunday after four of its health care workers experienced adverse reaction...
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Illinois reports 7,562 more COVID-19 cases and 108 more deaths SaturdayDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 7,562 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease, including 108 additional deaths. The deaths inc...
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COVID-19 in Illinois: A timeline of the pandemicDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - Jan. 24 A Chicago woman becomes the second COVID-19 patient in U.S. and first in Illinois after she returns from a visit to Wuhan, China. She is treated at Amita St...
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The year of the pandemic: COVID-19 pushed us to the limit. Illinois pushed back.Dec 19, 2020 12:00 am - It was just one case. Illinois' sole COVID-19 infection was announced Jan. 24 and the public moved on. One case became 19 on March 10. Nineteen infections morphed into ...
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US experts debate: Who should be next in line for vaccine?Dec 18, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Deciding that health care workers and nursing home residents should be first in line for the initial, limited supplies of COVID-19 shots wasn't that hard...
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Demand is low for COVID-19 antibody drugs but shortages loomDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - U.S. health officials are seeing an astonishing lack of demand for COVID-19 medicines that may help keep infected people out of the hospital, drugs they rushed out to st...
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Why Deer Park's sales tax rate could increase againDec 18, 2020 4:30 am - Deer Park voters will decide whether to increase the village's sales tax rate for the second time in three years. Prompted by revenue losses triggered by the COVID-19 cr...
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FDA clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, second shot in U.S. arsenalDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording mor...
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Winter travel raises more fears of viral spreadDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result cou...