Articles filed under Health Crises
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After one year, how are the suburbs and Illinois doing in vaccinations?Dec 15, 2021 12:00 am - It's been one full year since the first COVID-19 vaccine inoculation was recorded in Illinois. In that time, 8,025,629 residents have been fully vaccinated, according to...
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Omicron variant confirmed in suburban Cook County residentDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Cook County Department of Public Health officials announced the omicron variant has been diagnosed in at least one person recently infected with COVID-19, and they are a...
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Omicron to be dominant variant in EU by mid-JanuaryDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - BRUSSELS - Omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the European Union's 27 nations by mid-January, the bloc's top official said Wednesday amid conc...
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District 64 board meets Thursday to discuss levy, COVID strategiesDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - The Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 board will meet Thursday night to discuss the tax levy, coronavirus prevention strategies and other issues. The meeting is set fo...
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Vaccine alliance chief: Omicron could trigger 'Inequity 2.0'Dec 15, 2021 12:00 am - CHAVANNES-DE-BOGIS, Switzerland - The head of vaccine alliance Gavi, which is leading a U.N.-backed push to get COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries, said that he's...
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EU regulators: J&J vaccine booster OK to give after 2 monthsDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The European Union drugs regulator said Wednesday that people 18 and older can receive a booster shot for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine...
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Colleges go back to drawing board - again - to fight COVIDDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. have once again been thwarted in seeking a move to normalcy and are starting to require boo...
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U.S. COVID death toll hits 800,000, a year into vaccine driveDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 800,000 on Tuesday, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost afte...
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A retro feel to Biden's plan for covering over-the-counter virus testingDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration's plan for health insurers to reimburse consumers for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests echoes a bygone era when the companies proces...
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Poland's COVID deaths highest since April, new restrictionsDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - WARSAW, Poland - Poland on Wednesday registered the highest number of COVID-19-related deaths since April amid a continuing high daily rate of new coronavirus infections...