Articles filed under Health Crises
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Appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations open up at Aurora siteApr 07, 2021 1:00 am - Aurora officials announced Wednesday that thousands of appointments for Johnson & Johnson's one-dose COVID-19 vaccine have opened up at a mass site in the city. Appointm...
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New mass vaccination site opens in ElginApr 07, 2021 1:00 am - Hoping to reach what they characterized as an underserved community, the third mass vaccination site in Kane County opened Wednesday on Elgin's east side. The new site,...
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COVID-19 testing in Lake CountyApr 07, 2021 1:00 am - Free mobile coronavirus testing is scheduled at two locations in Lake County. A mobile testing unit managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health will be stationed...
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State reports most new cases since late January, and Cook County warns of new limitsApr 07, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 numbered 3,790 Wednesday, the highest since late January, with 28 more deaths from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Healt...
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Editorial: Make sure seniors aren't squeezed out of vaccination accessApr 07, 2021 1:00 am - In a few days, suburbanites 65 and older will lose their nearly-exclusive access to the COVID-19 vaccines, and we're not the only ones concerned about that. On April 12,...
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Free webinar offered for parents of teens struggling with remote learningApr 06, 2021 11:00 pm - Krista Sherinian of Dunham Counseling in Naperville will present a free program for parents of teens on "Ways to Improve Learning Remotely." The program will address hel...
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Hines VA Hospital now vaccinating all veterans, plus spouses and caregiversApr 06, 2021 11:00 pm - With the passage of the SAVE LIVES Act on March 24, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital will now offer COVID-19 vaccines to all veterans, along with self-identifying spouses an...
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Most kids with serious inflammatory illness had mild COVIDApr 06, 2021 7:00 am - Most children with a serious inflammatory illness linked to the coronavirus had initial COVID-19 infections with no symptoms or only mild ones, new U.S. research shows. ...
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Woman recovering after rare windpipe transplant from donorApr 06, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sonia Sein said she spent the last six years 'œtrying to catch every breath at every moment" after extensive treatment for her severe asthma damaged her ...
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Coming out of the cave: As life creeps back, some feel dreadApr 06, 2021 6:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Dinner reservations are gleefully being made again. Long-canceled vacations are being booked. People are coming together again, in some of the wa...