Articles filed under Health Crises
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17,000 health workers vaccinated so far; nursing homes could get shots Dec. 28Dec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 15,000 Friday, officials reported, as more than 17,000 health care workers in the suburbs and beyond have been vaccinated against the resp...
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Pence, surgeon general get vaccines, as well as members of Congress like Rep. UnderwoodDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Vice President Mike Pence became the highest ranking U.S. official to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday in a live-television event ai...
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Former local stars Hart, Schmidt help Lewis adapt in crazy COVID seasonDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - When more than half of your team is out of commission, it's time to improvise. So Sam Quigley Smith laced up her own high-tops. She asked her assistant coaches to do the...
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Palatine District 15 back to school Jan. 5Dec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Students in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 will return to in-person learning Jan. 5 as anticipated, but the district is asking families to consider having stud...
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$5,000 relief grants available to eligible Antioch small businessesDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Financial relief will be available to eligible small business owners in Antioch through a $150,000 grant program. Developed by the economic development task force and un...
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West Chicago poets featured in online gallery of original HaikuDec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - While COVID-19 took center stage last year and disrupted everyday life and its daily routines, many West Chicago residents discovered their own creativity through a proj...
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Aurora residents to join in Worldwide Christmas Eve Jingle 2020Dec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - "People should spread the word and get out there and ring those bells. It'll be awesome." That's how Pam Colwell of Aurora promotes the Worldwide Christmas Eve Jingle 20...
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AUI and Radiance Diagnostics partner to address national COVID testing backlogDec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - Naperville, IL - Today, AUI and Radiance Diagnostics signed a memorandum of understanding to provide COVID-19 testing, support, and laboratory administration for the fed...
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Schaalman Senior Voices Program: New ways of connecting for older adults this holiday seasonDec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - As the holidays approach and cases of COVID-19 spike across the nation, people are feeling a collective sense of fatigue, uncertainty, and, for many, profound loneliness...
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Message from Mayor Pineda: Resources to help kids cope during COVID-19Dec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - I have been giving a lot of thought to the children of our community, and to ways to help them cope during the COVID-19 pandemic. Disruptions to daily schedules that pro...