Articles filed under Health Crises
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Are suburban diners interested in eating outside this winter, too?Oct 11, 2021 5:30 am - When Illinois reached the long-awaited Phase 5 of its COVID-19 reopening plan in June, the idea that restaurant customers would be dining outside through yet another win...
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New Zealand's doctors and teachers must soon be vaccinatedOct 11, 2021 1:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Most of New Zealand's health care workers and teachers will soon be legally required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the government ...
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Illinois' COVID-19 case rate is the 10th-lowest nationallyOct 11, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois has one of the lowest per capita COVID-19 infection rates in the country, though the rate remains much higher than it was four months ago. Illinois' infection ...
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Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pillOct 11, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill against COVID-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon to the world's ...
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Russia's new COVID-19 infections, deaths near all-time highsOct 11, 2021 1:00 am - MOSCOW - Russia's daily coronavirus infections and deaths hovered near all-time highs Monday amid sluggish vaccination rates and the Kremlin's reluctance to toughen rest...
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Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with billsOct 10, 2021 7:00 am - Swamped with medical bills? The hospital that treated you may be able to help. Whether you learn about this before those bills wind up in debt collections is another mat...
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New FDA chief can't come soon enough for beleaguered agencyOct 08, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Straining under a pandemic workload and battered by a string of public controversies, one of the leading agencies in the government's fight against COV...
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Are we ready to vaccinate new wave of children?Oct 08, 2021 5:30 am - Children ages 5 to 11 might soon be eligible to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but they won't have access to the numerous mass vaccination sites that serv...
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Kane County food pantries, shelters experience overwhelming demand in wake of COVID-19Oct 08, 2021 5:30 am - In the last year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the line of people waiting for food at the Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry grew by 400%. The Northern Illinois Food Bank served ...
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Lake County closing COVID-19 vaccination site on Water Street in WaukeganOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - The Lake County Health Department will close its COVID-19 vaccination site at 102 W. Water St. in Waukegan, officials announced Friday. The final day to receive vaccines...