Articles filed under Health Crises
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Mobile test site returning to AuroraAug 16, 2020 1:00 am - A mobile COVID-19 testing unit managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health will return to Aurora on Thursday, Aug. 20, and Saturday, Aug. 22. Testing is free an...
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State reports 1,562 new COVID-19 cases, 18 more deathsAug 16, 2020 1:00 am - State health authorities on Sunday announced 1,562 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 18 additional deaths. Among the deaths were nine Cook County re...
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Illinois adds 1,828 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deathsAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois reported 1,828 new coronavirus cases and five new deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday. One of the deaths was from DuPage County, a woman in her 90s, and a man in ...
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Wheaton North's Mueller brothers missing out at NorthwesternAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - When Xander Mueller was in middle school, the journey to play football with his older brother seemed much farther away than the distance between Wheaton North's bleacher...
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Aug. 15 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 98,914 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 48.4% of the state's total, accord...
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'It's hard to process': Burlington Central grad Kollhoff reacts to Big Ten cancellationAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - To Zoey Kollhoff it was a double whammy. That's how the Burlington Central graduate, now a freshman women's soccer player at Illinois, felt Tuesday when the Big Ten anno...
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Study hints, can't prove, survivor plasma fights COVID-19Aug 14, 2020 7:00 am - Mayo Clinic researchers reported a strong hint that blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors helps other patients recover, but it's not proof and some experts worry if, amid...
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How the deal to turn McCormick Place into a $66M field hospital happenedAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Taxpayers spent nearly $66 million fashioning McCormick Place into an emergency coronavirus hospital with 2,750 beds this past spring amid fears that COVID-19 patients w...
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Buffalo Grove village hall closed due to COVID-19 exposureAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove officials announced early Friday that village hall has been closed until it can be commercially cleaned and disinfected after a COVID-19 exposure occurred ...
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New COVID-19 cases push past 2,000 again; Kane, Will counties put in 'warning level'Aug 14, 2020 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 surged by 2,264 Friday, a 73% increase from a month ago, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. The development mirrors last week when ...