Articles filed under Health Crises
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Once fading, mask sales starting to reboundJul 29, 2021 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Masks, which had started to disappear from store shelves, may be front and center again. A spot check of businesses and other data sources are showing that ma...
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COVID-19 rates a worry as 1 million head for Iowa State FairJul 29, 2021 1:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa - With coronavirus cases rising throughout Iowa and around the nation, health experts are becoming increasingly worried about next month's Iowa State Fa...
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Biden to allow eviction moratorium to expire SaturdayJul 29, 2021 1:00 am - BOSTON - The Biden administration on Thursday announced it will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied after the Supreme...
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Pritzker orders masks inside all state buildingsJul 29, 2021 1:00 am - People working or visiting inside a state-run building will have to wear masks again, even if they're fully vaccinated, following an order issued Thursday by Gov. J.B. P...
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Illinois sees highest single-day vaccination total since JuneJul 29, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 vaccinations in Illinois hit their highest level in more than a month Thursday in the face of concern about the delta variant. The Illinois Department of Publi...
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EXPLAINER: Why masks are again advised for everyone indoorsJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Wait, we're supposed to wear masks again? Even if we are vaccinated? For a large part of the U.S., that's the latest advice from the Centers for Disease ...
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US extends expiration dates on J&J COVID vaccine to 6 monthsJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health regulators on Wednesday again extended the expiration dates on Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, providing health workers with six m...
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State advises some Hoffman Estates clinic mammogram patients to seek second opinionJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is urging those who've had a mammogram performed at a Hoffman Estates medical imaging clinic since Oct. 17, 2019, to seek a seco...
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As DuPage, McHenry reach 'substantial' risk level, mask alert called 'inevitable' in suburbsJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - Medical experts say it's only a matter of time before suburban COVID-19 transmission rises to the level at which face coverings are advised in all public indoor location...
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District 303 to review new CDC guidance on masksJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - St. Charles Unit District 303 officials plan to review the new guidance of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that all staff, students and visitors in K...