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FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-riskSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and D...
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Why it may be better to wait for COVID-19 boosterSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - Waiting to get a COVID-19 booster shot may make it more effective. That's what many infectious disease experts and even some vaccine manufacturers are saying as a federa...
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Community vaccination clinics continue at ECC, CarpentersvilleSep 21, 2021 11:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department, in partnership with Illinois Department of Public Health, will provide COVID-19 vaccines at upcoming community vaccination clinics: • ...
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Biden bets on rapid COVID tests but they can be hard to findSep 21, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is betting on millions more rapid, at-home tests to help curb the latest deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is overloading...
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J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong responseSep 21, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a booster of its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a stronger immune response months after people receive a first d...
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J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong responseSep 21, 2021 1:00 am - LONDON - Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a booster of its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a stronger immune response months after people receive a first dose. ...
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Cook measures lowest COVID-19 transmission rate in state, but it's not out of the woodsSep 21, 2021 1:00 am - This story has been updated to correct the seven-day case positivity rate. Cook County maintains the lowest COVID-19 transmissibility rate in Illinois per capita, f...
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Wheeling hosting vaccination clinic Sept. 30Sep 21, 2021 1:00 am - Wheeling officials will host a vaccination clinic from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, at village hall, 2 Community Blvd. Shots for influenza, pneumonia, shingles,...
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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11Sep 20, 2021 7:00 am - Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon - a key step toward beginning va...
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COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 fluSep 20, 2021 7:00 am - COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did - approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of...