Articles filed under Health Crises
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Lutheran Church Charities' K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry pivoted for the pandemicApr 20, 2021 6:00 am - Dawn Mikulski of Des Plaines has witnessed the healing power that golden retrievers in Lutheran Church Charities' K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry provide, but now she knows tha...
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Schaumburg's Septemberfest could look a little different this yearApr 20, 2021 5:30 am - Schaumburg officials are mulling a scaled-back, two-day version of the village's traditional Septemberfest celebration over Labor Day weekend. The three-member general g...
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COVID-19 spike at Hersey causes dozens to quarantineApr 20, 2021 1:00 am - Officials from Northwest Suburban High School District 214 confirmed Tuesday that 13 Hersey High School students have tested positive for COVID-19, while another 155 are...
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Lawmakers push to require nursing homes to offer virtual visitsApr 20, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers and advocates are calling for the Illinois General Assembly to pass a bill that would require nursing homes to offer virtual visits for residents...
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Round Lake District 116 will have hybrid summer school classesApr 20, 2021 1:00 am - Round Lake Unit District 116 will offer a hybrid summer learning program focusing on math and literacy for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. The optional pro...
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Suburban COVID-19 caseload down by nearly 11% from last weekApr 20, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois and the suburbs have experienced a weeklong decline in COVID-19 cases, signaling to some public health experts that a recent surge might have subsided. “We've s...
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Pop-up vaccine clinic Wednesday in Round Lake BeachApr 20, 2021 1:00 am - A pop-up vaccination clinic will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, at the Round Lake Beach Cultural & Civic Center Civic Center off Hook Drive, west of Route 83....
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First lady touts higher education investments in Illinois visitApr 19, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - First lady Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon on Monday to discuss how the American R...
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In recent COVID-19 outbreaks at schools, sports are the frequent culpritApr 19, 2021 1:00 am - Five out of nine recent school COVID-19 outbreaks across the suburbs involved sports, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Monday. Of the remaining outbreaks...
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More than half of Illinois adults have had at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccineApr 19, 2021 1:00 am - A total of 53% of Illinoisans age 18 and older — and 50% of people 16 and older — have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, the Illinois Department of Public Hea...