Articles filed under Health Crises
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Mike North video: Cubs, White Sox talk already?Nov 12, 2014 12:01 am - Mike North can tell the Bears season is over when he starts hearing questions about the Cubs and the White Sox in November. ...
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CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread swine fluDec 30, 2009 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Health officials say swine flu was widespread in only four states last week, indicating the fall wave of illness is still declining. Swine flu was widespread ...
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Lessons learned from H1N1 outbreakDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - What a difference a couple months make. In October, our pages were filled with stories of how difficult it was to get the swine flu vaccine and fears were rampant that w...
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Report hits state's emergency preparedness following H1N1 messDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois ranks among the bottom 20 states in health emergency response, concludes a new report that says this year's H1N1 outbreak exposed "serious underlying gaps" in t...
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Swine flu toll includes a few petsDec 13, 2009 10:00 pm - A handful of pets have been sickened with swine flu in recent weeks, but here are doctors' orders: Wash your hands and don't panic. The virus, also known as H1N1, has be...
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Get vaccine to those who need it mostNov 15, 2009 10:00 pm - The statistics are not good. As reported in Sunday's Daily Herald, a Harvard University poll found two-thirds of America ns who tried to get the H1N1 flu vaccine were un...
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Schaumburg schools get H1N1 shots WednesdayNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Students in Schaumburg schools are scheduled to get voluntary vaccinations against the H1N1 flu virus Wednesday, Nov. 18. The shots will be available only to students an...
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Illinois reports 12 H1N1 new deathsNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois is reporting 12 new deaths from swine flu and 368 new hospitalizations. Friday's update brings the total number of Illinois swine flu deaths sinc...
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CDC's swine flu toll: 4,000 deadNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn't mean swine flu...
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H1N1 shots already tapped out in BarringtonNov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - You can stop trying to register for an H1N1 flu shot clinic in Barrington this Saturday, and by all means don't show up at Barrington High School that day if you haven't...