Articles filed under Health Crises
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Hospitals turn to online matchmakers to swap suppliesMay 12, 2020 7:00 am - Facing shortages of protective equipment, two New England hospital systems tried the latest twist in internet matchmaking: online swap meets. As the coronavirus pandemic...
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New coronavirus test is imperfect step toward mass screeningMay 12, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A new type of coronavirus test offers a cheaper, quicker way to screen for infections, moving the U.S. toward the kind of mass screening that experts s...
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US choir outbreak called 'superspreader event' in reportMay 12, 2020 7:00 am - SHORELINE, Wash. (AP) - Disease trackers are calling a choir practice in Washington state a superspreader event that illustrates how easily the coronavirus can pass from...
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Lake County museum, libraries building living history collections of COVID-19 pandemicMay 12, 2020 5:30 am - Documenting the COVID-19 experience was first mentioned in a staff meeting of the Dunn Museum of Lake County in mid-March, before stay-at-home orders upended daily life....
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A song to make you smile: 'Me & Julio Down By the Schoolyard' by Paul SimonMay 12, 2020 5:12 am - We're trying to inject a little positivity in the paper (and on dailyherald.com) with a daily "Song to Make You Smile." It's designed to help lift you out of your corona...
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Mundelein Community Days festival canceled due to pandemicMay 12, 2020 5:00 am - You can add Mundelein Community Days to the growing list of suburban summer celebrations canceled because of the COVID-19 crisis. The village board on Monday voted to sc...
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Suburban doctor on front lines shares how he himself survived COVID-19May 12, 2020 5:00 am - Dr. Zaher Sahloul knows how COVID-19 ravages patients. He has seen more than 300 cases in the weeks since the pandemic's scourge began. But it wasn't until Sahloul, a Sy...
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Lake County foundation awards $555,000 to area nonprofitsMay 12, 2020 1:00 am - The Lake County Community Foundation awarded $555,000 in grants to 16 area nonprofits serving the county's most vulnerable residents during the global pandemic, the orga...
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Blue Angels flyover thanks COVID-19 front-line fightersMay 12, 2020 1:00 am - Soaring high overhead, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels made a dramatic entrance and exit for Chicago and the suburbs to honor those fighting the coronavirus pandemic. "We sal...
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Cubicle comeback? Pandemic will reshape office life for goodMay 12, 2020 1:00 am - LONDON - Office jobs are never going to be the same. When workers around the world eventually return to their desks, they'll find many changes due to the pandemic. For a...