Articles filed under Health Crises
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Waikiki resort mandates vaccination for workers, guestsSep 08, 2021 1:00 am - HONOLULU - A resort in the famed tourist mecca of Waikiki will be the first in Hawaii to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for all employees and guests. Starting Oct...
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Risk of COVID-19 transmissions in Cook, McHenry counties inches downSep 08, 2021 1:00 am - The risk of transmitting COVID-19 has dipped a notch in Cook and McHenry counties, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Wednesday. Both counties dropped from...
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COVID-19 surge in the U.S.: The summer of hope ends in gloomSep 08, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The summer that was supposed to mark America's independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the v...
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Aurora's Our Savior to host vaccination clinic Sept. 25Sep 07, 2021 11:00 pm - Our Savior Lutheran Church, 20 W. Downer Place in Aurora, will host the second of two COVID-19 vaccination clinics from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25. The public ...
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Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19Sep 07, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause ...
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How U of I fought the clock to develop a COVID-19 test that schools will use this fallSep 07, 2021 5:00 am - In the spring of 2020 with no COVID-19 vaccines, an unchecked killer virus and shutdown fears, a team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign created a solutio...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations still rising, but more slowlySep 07, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois continued to creep up over the weekend, climbing to 2,333 patients Tuesday, including 551 in intensive care, according to Illinois ...
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EU regulator evaluating if COVID vaccine booster is neededSep 06, 2021 7:00 am - AMSTERDAM (AP) - The European Union's drug regulator said Monday that it has started an expedited evaluation on whether to recommend a booster dose of the coronavirus va...
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UNAIDS chief says behavior of ex-staffer was 'unacceptable'Sep 06, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The U.N. AIDS agency acknowledged in an internal email last week that the behavior of a former top official toward women was 'œunacceptable'ť and was permi...
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Concerns rise over UK flu outbreak amid vaccine delaysSep 04, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - One of the U.K.'s largest suppliers of seasonal influenza vaccines warned Saturday that there could be delivery delays of up to two weeks as a result of a ...