Articles filed under Health Crises
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Wheaton District 200 reverses course, won't open middle, high schoolsAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Just weeks before the start of the new academic year, Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 will reverse course and keep middle and high schools closed as a result of sh...
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Kane County jail on lockdown for COVID-19 casesAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - At least two detainees at the Kane County jail tested positive for COVID-19 this week, with four additional detainees showing symptoms of the virus, according to Sheriff...
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Kane County Health Dept. adds 90 full-time contact tracersAug 13, 2020 11:00 pm - On Aug. 14, Kane County Health Department Director Barbara Jeffers urges residents to continue taking steps to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the community. “We have ...
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Illinois surpasses 200,000 COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations spikeAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois passed another grim milestone as state health officials announced more than 200,000 Illinois residents have now been infected with COVID-19. Additionally, hospi...
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Teachers back in schools, students happy to talk through computers in District 211Aug 13, 2020 1:00 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 may have begun the new school year in a most unusual way Thursday, but staff members say it was one for which they were well...
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District 214 to start remotely, with uncertainty over when students might returnAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 students will indeed begin the school year remotely on Monday, but it's now unclear when a previously proposed gradual return...
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U.S. jobless claims fall below 1 million but remain highAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment dropped below 1 million last week for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak took hold in the U.S. ...
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Palatine facing as much as $7 million revenue loss due to pandemicAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - Palatine will enact a series of measures to save about $5.3 million through the rest of this year in an effort to counter potential lost income due to the COVID-19 pande...
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What's it like to have surgery during a pandemic? One Delnor patient shares her story.Aug 12, 2020 11:00 pm - Preparing for surgery can often be nerve-racking, and scheduling one in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic can heighten that anxiety more than usual. For Geneva residen...
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Find suburban coronavirus tallies online Tuesdays, SaturdaysAug 12, 2020 5:00 am - To our readers: We began reporting the suburbs with the highest COVID-19 case counts five months ago, after Gov. J.B. Pritzker's March 9 announcement that Illinois cases...