Articles filed under Health Crises
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Round Lake 116 to start hybrid learning MondayMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - Students in Round Lake Area Unit District 116 will begin hybrid instruction model Monday, with a second wave of students beginning April 5. Thirty percent of students op...
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3,002 new cases: Rising virus counts, including in suburban Cook, threaten 'Bridge Phase'Mar 26, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 spiked up to 3,002 Friday - the highest since early February - as state officials warned of a possible virus resurgence. The news comes with 126,71...
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Elgin City Council backs proposal to help residents with water billsMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - Despite some argument over the revenue source, Elgin City Council members have tentatively agreed on a way to help residents with unpaid water bills. The $400,000 Elgin...
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Korean War vet celebrates 90th birthday with 2nd vaccination at Hines VA HospitalMar 25, 2021 11:00 pm - Just one day shy of his 90th birthday, William "Bill" Erzig came to Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital to receive his second COVID-19 vaccination shot on March 20. Erzig, an A...
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FDA panel rejects Pfizer's arthritis drug as too riskyMar 25, 2021 7:00 am - U.S. health advisers sharply criticized an experimental arthritis drug Thursday, saying that it was too risky, even with limits on its use. The expert panel for the Food...
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Constable: Without rifles or sandbags, Illinois National Guard saving livesMar 25, 2021 5:20 am - There are complaints and confusion about the process to get COVID vaccines, where to sign up, who can get them, and how you are going to feel after. But one aspect of th...
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Free COVID-19 testing in Lake CountyMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - Free COVID-19 mobile testing is coming to Mundelein and Highland Park on three dates in the next week. A mobile testing unit managed by the Illinois Department of Public...
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Most District 121 school board candidates praise pandemic response, planMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - Most of the five candidates vying for four open seats on the Warren Township High School District 121 school board gave the district high marks for its response to the p...
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Grayslake Central senior Coleman back to sports after COVID quarantineMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - It wasn't just the idea of missing basketball and football that bothered Amarion Coleman. Coleman, who goes by Mari, was worried about being too sick to fulfill his duti...
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DuPage County leads suburbs in residents 65+ getting at least one vaccine dose, at 74%Mar 25, 2021 1:00 am - Nearly three-quarters of all DuPage County residents 65 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the highest rate among suburban locations. Meanw...