Articles filed under Health Crises
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Not just online: Some clubs, groups holding meetings outdoorsAug 21, 2020 6:00 am - Zoom and Google Hangouts aren't the only way to conduct a meeting or chat with friends during the pandemic. We've also taken to the parks, streets and parking lots to ga...
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Officials say suburban Cook County COVID-19 grouping 'defies logic'Aug 21, 2020 1:00 am - Three months ago, the Northwest Municipal Conference asked that the state not group the North and Northwest suburbs with Chicago for statistical benchmarks used for loos...
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Fewer COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities this weekAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - Long-term care facilities throughout Illinois and parts of the suburbs are reporting fewer active COVID-19 outbreaks this week. Illinois Department of Public Health reco...
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District 15 delays in-person start after 4 on staff test positive for virus, 30+ quarantinedAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - Palatine Township Elementary District 15 said Friday it is delaying to Sept. 21 its plan to start in-person instruction because more than 30 staff members are in self-is...
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Senate GOP demands governor open unemployment officesAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Ten "frustrated" Republican senators demanded Gov. J.B. Pritzker allow state offices tasked with processing unemployment claims to reopen in a letter sent ...
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Kane County removed from state's COVID-19 Warning ListAug 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Because of significant improvement in COVID-19 warning indicators, the Illinois Department of Public Health removed Kane County from its warning list today. The warning ...
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UN: Discussions with Russia on COVID-19 vaccine under wayAug 20, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization's Europe office said it has begun discussions with Russia to try to obtain more information about the experimental COVID-19 v...
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Pandemic pushes expansion of 'hospital-at-home' treatmentAug 20, 2020 7:00 am - As hospitals care for people with COVID-19 and try to keep others from catching the virus, more patients are opting to be treated where they feel safest: at home. Across...
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Oak Grove, Rondout school districts prepare for in-person learningAug 20, 2020 5:30 am - Tents are up, social distancing measures in place and protective gear distributed as Oak Grove Elementary District 68 in Green Oaks prepares for the first day of the 202...
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Mobile Stroke Unit to assist Bartlett paramedicsAug 20, 2020 5:30 am - The Bartlett Fire Protection District and Northwest Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield are partnering to make the services of Mobile Stroke Unit available to l...