Articles filed under Health Crises
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Pandemic trip slowed by detours, dead ends, no rest stopsJul 16, 2020 5:40 am - "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" We've been stuck in the back seat of this 2020 Pandemic for soooo loooong. We started our journey Jan. 24, when the Illinois Depart...
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Lunch will be served, but how? Schools weigh options to crowded cafeteriasJul 16, 2020 5:30 am - School-aged children who are eating outdoors with their families on patios and sidewalks outside restaurants this summer may still be dining alfresco if and when they re...
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Why the pandemic is leading to more opioid overdosesJul 16, 2020 5:30 am - Opioid overdose deaths could reach record levels this year in Cook, Lake and DuPage counties as the COVID-19 pandemic adds several factors that contribute to drug-relate...
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U.S. prison populations down 8% amid coronavirus outbreakJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and The Marshall Project exploring the state of the prison system in the coronavirus pandem...
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Hearing in suit against stay-at-home order delayedJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A hearing in downstate Rep. Darren Bailey's lawsuit challenging the governor's authority to issue consecutive executive orders will not be held Friday as s...
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July 16 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 79,716 cases in the suburbs as of Thursday, 50.4% of the state's total, acco...
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Demand for jobless aid high, even as economy slowly picks upJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Unemployment remains painfully high in the U.S. even as economic activity slowly picks up. That reality will be on display Thursday morning when the U.S. go...
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#ElginCares is new tool to check in on well-beingJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - An Elgin group has created a bilingual tool that can help people monitor their well-being, as experts agree the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected mental health a...
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1,257 new COVID-19 cases in Illinois, but with record test count, positivity rate dipsJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - Cases of COVID-19 climbed by 1,257 Thursday in Illinois, and 25 more people died from the respiratory disease, but the latest daily case count above 1,000 comes as the s...
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Dist. 15 giving parents more time to choose between in-person and online schoolJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - Palatine Township Elementary District 15 has revised its plan for reopening schools for the 2020-21 academic year, which includes giving parents additional time to choos...