Articles filed under Health Crises
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Joffrey Ballet reschedules February run of 'Don Quixote' to JuneJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - The Joffrey Ballet has rescheduled its entire run of "Don Quixote" from February to June due to concerns about the current COVID-19 surge. Choreographer Yuri Possokhov's...
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DuPage County COVID-19 testing site will be open on SaturdaysJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - Starting this weekend, the DuPage County mass testing site at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park will be open on Saturdays. The county's drive-through testing center no...
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Why suburban retailers once again are struggling to keep shelves stockedJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - If you can't seem to find what you're looking for in many stores once again, you're not alone. Retail industry experts say a bevy of issues again has caused large bare s...
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Aurora police officer dies from COVID complicationsJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - An Aurora police officer has died from complications from COVID-19, the Aurora Police Department announced Wednesday night. Officer Brian Shields, 51, died Tuesday morni...
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State shortens minimum COVID-19 quarantine at schools to five daysJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - State officials adopted federal COVID-19 guidelines for schools that shorten the minimum length of quarantine from 10 to five days for students and staff members Tuesday...
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Schaumburg Barn Senior Center temporarily closedJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - The Schaumburg Barn Senior Center at 231 S. Civic Drive will be closed to the public until further notice, and all programming is temporarily suspended, due to rising CO...
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As hospitals reel with omicron and staff shortages, state promises aidJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - The convergence of record-smashing numbers of patients stricken with the highly infectious omicron strain of COVID-19 and a critical shortage of workers is pushing Illin...
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New Philharmonic concerts rescheduled to Feb. 19-20Jan 12, 2022 12:00 am - Due to the increase in COVID-19 cases, New Philharmonic's "A Night at the Movies" concerts, originally scheduled for Jan. 15-16, have been rescheduled to 7:30 p.m. Satur...
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Senate hearing on pandemic gets testy: 'What a moron'Jan 11, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government's top infectious disease expert, angrily accused a senator Tuesday of making false accusations that are leading ...
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Pig heart recipient continues to recover from transplantJan 11, 2022 6:00 am - BALTIMORE (AP) - The man who received the first pig heart transplant continued to recover Tuesday, four days after the experimental surgery. Since the transplant, David ...