Articles filed under Health Crises
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Pritzker outlines regional reopening as state records 176 new COVID-19 deathsMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - As the state saw its largest single-day spike in COVID-19 deaths with 176 more dead, Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a plan to reopen four different regions of the state in ...
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Virus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science's marchMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Despite a century's progress in science, 2020 is looking a lot like 1918. In the years between two lethal pandemics, one the misnamed Spanish flu, the other...
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COVID pushes overall crime down in Kane, but child abuse cases spikeMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - Misdemeanor and felony cases in Kane County are down in March and April 2020 compared to last year, but abuse and neglect cases against children have spiked, State's Att...
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Young Addison dad with COVID-19 discharged from Elmhurst Hospital after 44 daysMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - At only 30 years old and otherwise healthy, Jonathan Davila is not the usual face of COVID-19. His odds for surviving the virus seemed favorable. But the Addison dad wou...
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French doctors: First virus case may have been in DecemberMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has deleted a paragraph that stated incorrectly that doctors in Italy have also reported finding retrospective cases of the coronavirus in ...
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U.S. infection rate rising outside New York as states open upMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - Take the New York metropolitan area's progress against the coronavirus out of the equation and the numbers show the rest of the U.S. is moving in the wrong direction, wi...
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Lincolnshire cancels spring, summer eventsMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - Lincolnshire officials have canceled all public community events through July 4 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes a Memorial Day celebration, Food Truck Fr...
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Libertyville Days canceled, and public pools won't openMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - The long-running Libertyville Days festival, a symbolic start of summer for the community, has become one of the latest events to be canceled because of the COVID-19 pan...
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Here come COVID-19 tracing apps - and privacy trade-offsMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help st...
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Arlington Heights man awaiting trial dies from COVID-19 infectionMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights man who was in jail and awaiting trial in a 2018 beating that left the victim blind in one eye died Tuesday after becoming infected with the coronav...