Articles filed under Health Crises
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AP-NORC poll: Seeking virus data, people struggle with trustApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - When John Manley tested positive for COVID-19, his sister urged him to get on the malaria drug that she'd heard Fox News hosts plugging and that President D...
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U.S. jobless claims soar past 30 million; Europe reeling alsoApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bleak new figures Thursday underscored the worldwide economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits...
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Boys track and field: Area programs feel disappointment of lost seasonApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - York has won 17 state trophies in boys track and field and five state championships, most recently in 2014. Would it have earned an 18th trophy Memorial Day weekend in ...
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Ravinia cancels 2020 season due to pandemicApr 30, 2020 12:00 am - Ravinia will cancel its season, which was to include more than 120 events from June 12 to Sept. 16, for the first time in 85 years due to COVID-19 pandemic. Ravinia CEO ...
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Warrenville Girl Scout Troop donates cookies to healthcare workersApr 29, 2020 11:00 pm - Despite the cancellation of door-to-door sales and cookie booths due to COVID-19, 96 boxes of Girl Scout cookies recently made their way into the hands of area healthcar...
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Midwestern University allocates 100% of CARES Act funds to studentsApr 29, 2020 11:00 pm - In response to the challenges posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Midwestern University will earmark 100% of an estimated $2.25 million in relief funds apportioned t...
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ECC alum on front lines of COVID-19 battle at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesApr 29, 2020 11:00 pm - For years, Elgin Community College alumnus Dean Follmann's work has focused on the study of infectious diseases and clinical trials that evaluate therapies. This work ha...
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Laid-off US workers face foreign world of insurance shoppingApr 29, 2020 7:00 am - Mass layoffs are pushing many Americans into an unfamiliar role: shopping for health insurance that isn't offered by an employer. A swirl of confusing terms and options...
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Airway experts' work puts them inches from where virus livesApr 29, 2020 7:00 am - It starts with pulling on head-to-toe protective gear. Then comes a brisk walk down a hospital corridor, triple-gloved hands pushing a rattling anesthesia cart toward a ...
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A 1st: US study finds Gilead drug works against coronavirusApr 29, 2020 7:00 am - For the first time, a major study suggests that an experimental drug works against the new coronavirus, and U.S. government officials said Wednesday that they would work...