Articles filed under Health Crises
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State surpasses 4-million mark for vaccine doses givenMar 14, 2021 1:00 am - The number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Illinois has surpassed the 4 million mark and nearly 1.5 million state residents are now fully inoculated, health authori...
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District 15 working to bring back junior high students full timeMar 14, 2021 1:00 am - A majority of junior high school students in Palatine Township Elementary District 15's hybrid learning plan would return to classrooms full time and without social dist...
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Parents, students rally in downtown Naperville to reopen schools full timeMar 14, 2021 1:00 am - “Kids learn best in person.” “Get our kids back in school.” “Hybrid learning doesn't cut the mustard.” The signs displayed Sunday during a march and rally in downtown Na...
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It wasn't goodbye: COVID-19 nearly killed 25-year-old three timesMar 13, 2021 12:00 am - Chest X-rays showed doctors what they were up against. Healthy lungs full of air look black on the image. In Jason Barbosa's lungs, inflamed and filled with fluid, it lo...
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COVID-19 cases per county as of March 12Mar 13, 2021 12:00 am - There have been 515,088 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 42.5% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have ...
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Record of over 150,000 vaccinations in a day: Now when can people return to Loop offices?Mar 13, 2021 12:00 am - COVID-19 vaccinations hit a new daily record with 152,697 shots in arms Friday as vaccine doses shipped to Illinois surpassed 5 million, the Illinois Department of Publi...
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COVID-19 deaths falling but Americans 'must remain vigilant'Mar 12, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. deaths from COVID-19 are falling again as the nation continues to recover from the devastating winter surge, a trend that experts are cautiously hop...
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UN says Ebola in Guinea may be linked to 2014 outbreakMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - A top official at the World Health Organization said that a genetic analysis of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Guinea suggests it may have been sparked by a...
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WHO grants emergency authorization for J&J COVID vaccineMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization granted an emergency use listing Friday for the coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, meaning the one-dose shot can ...
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Teachers, students, parents reflect on the year since COVID-19 closed suburban schoolsMar 12, 2021 4:00 am - There was cheering in some classrooms and hallways when the announcement went out a year ago that Illinois schools were closing amid the spiraling COVID-19 pandemic. But...