Articles filed under Health Crises
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Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations increase 42% in two weeksDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - For the first time since September, more than 1,500 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Illinois. The 1,505 COVID-19 patients being treated in hospitals throughout the...
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Legislation would create safe spaces for using opioidsDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - A proposal in Springfield would allow state-licensed drug injection sites to open across Illinois in an effort to reduce fatal overdoses amid a nationwide opioid crisis ...
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Students sent home, police on patrol as China curbs protestsNov 29, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti...
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Protesting workers beaten at Chinese iPhone factoryNov 23, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Police beat workers protesting over a pay dispute at the biggest factory for Apple's iPhone, whose new model is delayed by controls imposed as China tries to c...
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Remembrance in Palatine invokes MLK's call for equity in health careNov 21, 2022 12:00 am - Northwest suburban residents and leaders gathered in Palatine Saturday for the 53rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Dinner, which emphasized King's call fo...
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'Viral jambalaya': Quickly intensifying flu season adding to US hospital woesNov 18, 2022 12:00 am - As Americans head into the holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infect...
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Include boosters or COVID-19 tests in your Thanksgiving plans, IDPH saysNov 18, 2022 12:00 am - With the new COVID-19 case count up by 17.8% in November from October, Illinois Department of Public Health officials are advising common-sense precautions during Thanks...
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$500,000 grant helping fund free family clinics at 4 schools in Dist. 204Nov 17, 2022 4:30 am - An Indian Prairie Unit District 204 priority is becoming a reality. Bolstered by a $500,000 grant from Edward-Elmhurst Health, District 204 officials are embarking upon ...
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Harper College to host one-day vaccination clinic on Dec. 1Nov 14, 2022 10:00 pm - Harper College's free vaccination clinic is back! Need a flu shot, COVID-19 or Monkeypox (MPV) vaccination? Stop by the Foglia Foundation Health and Recreation Center at...
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Illinois hospitals averaging 1,100-plus COVID patients daily this weekNov 11, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois hospitals treated an average of 1,108 COVID-19 patients each day over the past week, according to records from the Illinois Department of Public Health. That's ...