Articles filed under Health Crises
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UK encourages booster jabs, resists new virus restrictionsOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - LONDON - Under pressure from rising infections and alarmed health experts, the British government on Wednesday urged millions of people to get booster vaccine shots but ...
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Fox Valley area chambers to host COVID-19 update Oct. 26Oct 19, 2021 11:00 pm - The Fox Valley Chamber Leaders will host a webinar on "COVID-19 Updates from the Kane County Health Department" from 11:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Oct. 26. The guest speak...
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South African regulator rejects Russia's COVID-19 vaccineOct 19, 2021 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The South African drug regulator has rejected the Russian-made coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, citing some safety concerns the manufacturer wasn't abl...
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US regulators lay out plan for over-the-counter hearing aidsOct 19, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Health regulators on Tuesday unveiled their proposal to allow Americans to buy hearing aids without a prescription, a long-awaited move intended to mak...
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Kane, DuPage sheriffs: Chicago police shortage due to vaccine mandate isn't an emergency for usOct 19, 2021 1:00 am - At least two suburban county sheriffs say they will send their deputies to help the Chicago Police Department only if city officers are in distress or under duress. So t...
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Pritzker aims for holidays to drop indoor mask mandateOct 19, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he'd like to rescind Illinois' indoor mask mandate in time for the holidays, but he stopped short of saying what metrics needed to be hit in orde...
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Looking for a booster shot? Carol Stream hosting Oct. 27 eventOct 19, 2021 1:00 am - The village of Carol Stream is offering booster shots of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at an event held in partnership with the park district and Jewel-Osco. Eligible groups...
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U.S. expected to authorize mix-and-match COVID booster shotsOct 19, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses this week in an effort to provide flexibility as the campaign...
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NBA should be working on an alternative to Irving's COVID-19 vaccination messageOct 18, 2021 12:00 pm - On Friday, the Bulls will unlock the doors of the United Center for their first regular-season home game with no attendance restrictions since March 10, 2020. So a full ...
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Why COVID boosters weren't tweaked to better match variantsOct 18, 2021 7:00 am - More COVID-19 booster shots may be on the way -- but when it's your turn, you'll get an extra dose of the original vaccine, not one updated to better match the extra-con...