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US health officials call for booster shots against COVID-19Aug 18, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta...
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Vernon Hills may use American Rescue Act funds to offset some of $8 million revenue lossAug 18, 2021 5:30 am - Vernon Hills' share of American Rescue Plan Act funds will be $3.6 million, but how it will be used is to be determined. The funding is part of the $1.9 trillion federal...
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Schaumburg allocates $4.9 million in federal COVID-19 reliefAug 18, 2021 5:30 am - Schaumburg officials Tuesday agreed on an allocation of the first half of the nearly $10 million the village is expected to receive from the American Rescue Plan Act, th...
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Johnsburg families turn out to oppose mask mandateAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - Johnsburg School District 12 Board member Jim Barrett made a lengthy speech Tuesday explaining that he, like most of the parents who spoke during public comments, oppose...
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More than 250,000 Kane County residents have been vaccinated for COVID-19Aug 18, 2021 1:00 am - With COVID-19 infection numbers continuing to climb, Kane County public health officials muted their celebration of reaching the achievement of having more than 50% of c...
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Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster shots could start week of Sept. 20Aug 18, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta vari...
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State: 21 school districts on probation for not complying with mask mandateAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - Since last week, the Illinois State Board of Education has put 21 school districts on probation for flouting a universal mask mandate for students ordered by Gov. J.B. P...
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Three private schools in the suburbs punished for defiance on masksAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois education officials have revoked the recognition of three suburban private schools, saying school leaders defied Gov. J.B. Pritzker's order requiring masks to r...
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Illinois records most deaths in a day since May; breakthrough cases a quarter of week's deathsAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials reported 45 more COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, the most in a single day since mid-May. Additionally, new Illinois data on breakthrough hospitalizatio...
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Suburban vaccine providers await guidance on boostersAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - Suburban health departments, pharmacies and hospitals are still awaiting specific guidance from federal and state authorities about how administration of COVID-19 booste...