Articles filed under Health Crises
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US vaccination drive is bottoming out as omicron subsidesFeb 23, 2022 12:00 am - HAMILTON, Ala. - A handwritten log kept by nurses tells the story of the losing battle to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19 in this corner of Alabama: Just 14 ...
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UN investigator calls for 60M vaccine doses for North KoreaFeb 23, 2022 12:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - The United Nations' independent investigator on human rights in North Korea has called for the international community to provide 60 million doses o...
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South Korea approves Pfizer's COVID vaccine for ages 5-11Feb 23, 2022 12:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean health officials on Wednesday approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, expanding the country's immunization progra...
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Grumbling grows as Hong Kong sticks with zero-COVID policyFeb 23, 2022 12:00 am - HONG KONG - Hong Kong residents are becoming increasingly annoyed with the administration's insistence on sticking to China's "zero-COVID" strategy as the city posted an...
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District 203 superintendent defends shift on masksFeb 23, 2022 12:00 am - During another school board meeting in which some Naperville Unit District 203 parents criticized and others supported officials for recent masking decisions, Superinten...
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Where are the most vaccinated kids? DuPage leads in COVID-19 shots, followed by LakeFeb 23, 2022 12:00 am - DuPage County leads the state in children who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, followed by Lake County, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Wednesday....
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Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID?Feb 23, 2022 12:00 am - Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID-19? Experts say it's not likely that the highly transmissible variant - or any other variant - will lead to h...
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Attorney general appeals decisions lifting masks in schools to Illinois Supreme CourtFeb 23, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn two lower court decisions that upended Gov. J.B. Pritzker's COVID-19 mask mandate ...
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COVID-19 shots unlikely to prompt rare inflammation in kidsFeb 22, 2022 6:00 am - COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to trigger a rare inflammatory condition linked to coronavirus infection in children, according to an analysis of U.S. government data pub...
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WHO: New COVID cases fall for the 3rd week, deaths also dropFeb 22, 2022 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21% in the last week, marking the third consecutive week that COVID-19 cases have dropped, the Wo...