Articles filed under Health Crises
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Dist. 300 fourth- and fifth-graders will switch to hybrid learning earlier than plannedOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - Algonquin-based Community School District 300 fourth- and fifth- graders originally were set to remain in remote learning for the remainder of 2020 because of the COVID-...
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Naperville pharmacy to offer rapid COVID-19 testingOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - Oswald's Pharmacy in Naperville will begin offering drive-up COVID-19 testing that is expected to produce results in less than 30 minutes. The rapid test will be made av...
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Mundelein reduces mandatory furloughs for workersOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - Mundelein officials are reducing the amount of unpaid time off municipal employees were ordered to take earlier this year as the financial crisis prompted by the COVID-1...
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2,862 new COVID-19 cases worry officials as they share holiday gathering guidelinesOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 totaled 2,862 Wednesday and 49 new deaths were reported - the highest since June - as state officials warned of increasing infections and issued gu...
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Possible safety issue spurs pause of COVID-19 antibody studyOct 13, 2020 7:00 am - Independent monitors have paused enrollment in a study testing the COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir plus an experimental antibody therapy being developed by Eli Lilly ...
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France launches flu vaccine campaign amid COVID-19 crisisOct 13, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - France launched a flu vaccine campaign Tuesday in an effort to avoid facing another epidemic peak as the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the country. F...
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Mundelein launches grant program to help local restaurants, bars during cold months of pandemicOct 13, 2020 5:30 am - Mundelein starts program to help them survive winter as pandemic continues
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Retiree checks to rise 1.3% in 2021 amid coronavirus falloutOct 13, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — Social Security recipients will get a modest 1.3% cost-of living-increase in 2021, but that might be small comfort amid worries about the coronavirus and it...
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COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Oct. 13Oct 13, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 144,651 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 44.5% of the state's total, according to the...
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Kane County sending $27.5 million in federal relief to communitiesOct 13, 2020 1:00 am - Kane County is ready to release $27.5 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to local municipalities, but that total represents less than half the assistance those com...