Articles filed under Health Crises
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Lake County Suicide Prevention and Awareness walk to go virtual againAug 31, 2021 1:00 am - Despite having to host their annual Walk for Suicide Prevention and Awareness virtually again this year, organizers expect to see the number of participants grow. There ...
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Waubonsee works to implement statewide COVID-19 mandates, offers Sept. 1 vaccine clinicAug 30, 2021 11:00 pm - As required by Gov. Pritzker's new COVID-19 mandates, Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove is working quickly to develop processes to comply with the requirement o...
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'Occasional drug use killed her': Mom shares story of daughter's fatal opioid useAug 30, 2021 5:30 am - An accidental drug overdose took the life of Jennifer Flory's daughter, Alison, five years ago. Flory said Alison's situation wasn't what people might think, not that ...
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Arlington Heights school loses state recognition over masksAug 30, 2021 1:00 am - A private school in Arlington Heights recently joined other educational institutions disciplined by the state for flouting a universal mask mandate intended to prevent t...
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EU takes US off safe travel list, backs travel restrictionsAug 30, 2021 1:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union recommended Monday that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the U.S. because of rising coronavirus infections there...
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Weekend COVID-19 hospitalizations stable, 38 more deaths reportedAug 30, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations were relatively stable over the weekend with 2,203 inpatients Monday, down slightly from 2,240 patients three days ago. Of those hospitalized w...
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Kane County distributes thousands of COVID PPE supplies to health care facilities and schoolsAug 27, 2021 11:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department, along with partners from the Kane County Sheriff's Office, Kane County Office of Emergency Management, and Medical Reserve Corps hoste...
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Hoffman Estates Park District mandates COVID-19 vaccination for full-time workersAug 27, 2021 1:00 am - The Hoffman Estates Park District this week became the first park district its officials know of in Illinois to impose a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for all its full-ti...
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Enforcing masks indoors: Businesses are off the hook this time. What will suburban police do?Aug 27, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois' mask mandate returns Monday with one big change for businesses: This time, they won't face fines if they fail to get scofflaw patrons to comply. "That's a sign...
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State eviction moratorium stands despite U.S. Supreme Court decisionAug 27, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a federal eviction moratorium Thursday, a recently extended state stay on residential eviction enforcement remains in ...