Articles filed under Health Crises
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Kane County distributes thousands of COVID PPE supplies to health care facilities and schoolsAug 27, 2021 11:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department, along with partners from the Kane County Sheriff's Office, Kane County Office of Emergency Management, and Medical Reserve Corps hoste...
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Hoffman Estates Park District mandates COVID-19 vaccination for full-time workersAug 27, 2021 1:00 am - The Hoffman Estates Park District this week became the first park district its officials know of in Illinois to impose a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for all its full-ti...
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Enforcing masks indoors: Businesses are off the hook this time. What will suburban police do?Aug 27, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois' mask mandate returns Monday with one big change for businesses: This time, they won't face fines if they fail to get scofflaw patrons to comply. "That's a sign...
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State eviction moratorium stands despite U.S. Supreme Court decisionAug 27, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a federal eviction moratorium Thursday, a recently extended state stay on residential eviction enforcement remains in ...
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Lake, DuPage lead state in COVID-19 vaccination rates for kids 12-17Aug 27, 2021 1:00 am - With most suburban schools in full swing amid a spike in COVID-19 infections, state data Friday showed that less than half of young Illinoisans ages 12 to 17 are fully v...
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Des Plaines District 62 to host vaccine clinicsAug 27, 2021 1:00 am - Des Plaines School District 62 is again partnering with the Illinois Department of Public Health to host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for people 12 or older. Anyone is ...
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'An absolute whirlwind': Suburban distillery owners reflect on production changes made during pandemicAug 26, 2021 6:00 am - The last year and a half have been "an absolute whirlwind" for Eric Falberg and his Highwood-based 28 Mile Distilling Co. The company went from producing vodka to makin...
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Constable: Comirnaty might make you have SpikeVax envy, but just get the shotAug 26, 2021 5:30 am - When vaccines came up in conversations with friends, and it did, I took misguided pride in announcing that I got the Pfizer vaccine. I didn't choose Pfizer. It was pure ...
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Suburban reaction to Pritzker's vaccination edict for schools? 'Big deal, we already did that'Aug 26, 2021 1:00 am - With 16 years of teaching science under his belt, Bob Holloway wasn't hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine when it was offered last spring. To his delight, neither ...
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Two District 300 students hospitalized, 48 test positive for COVID-19Aug 26, 2021 1:00 am - Less than two weeks after starting the new school year, Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 reported that 48 students have tested positive for COVID-19 and two a...