Articles filed under Health Crises
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Schaumburg State of the Village address postponedJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - Schaumburg Mayor Tom Dailly's annual State of the Village address is being postponed a month due to an uptick in COVID-19 in the area. The breakfast gathering hosted by ...
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Lake County recorder's office closed because of rising COVID-19 casesJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - The Lake County recorder's office has suspended in-person services and the Lake County jail remains under enhanced restrictions as a result of rising COVID-19 cases. Rec...
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'This is getting very tiring': U.S. hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this timeJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlier COVID-19 surges. This time, they a...
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CDC posts rationale for shorter isolation, quarantineJan 04, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday explained the scientific rationale for shortening its COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recomme...
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Constable: COVID alters tradition, but can't dim holiday joyJan 04, 2022 4:30 am - For 63 consecutive years, my Christmas tradition had been either celebrating at home with family and extended family or making pilgrimages to the homes of loved ones for...
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Chicago classes canceled Wednesday as union refuses in-person workJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - Chicago Public Schools classes are canceled today as the Chicago Teachers Union voted to refuse in-person work, defying district plans because of post-holidays COVID-19 ...
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Biden urges concern, not alarm as omicron risesJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the U.S. set records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease c...
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DuPage mobile care van to offer vaccines Jan. 9 in Villa ParkJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - The DuPage County Mobile Care Van for COVID-19 vaccine shots will be at the Cornerstone Chinese Church, 5 N. Princeton Ave. in Villa Park, from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sund...
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Illinois surpasses 28,000 COVID-19 deaths, as hospitalizations hit all-time high againJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 has now killed more than 28,000 Illinois residents. Illinois Department of Public Health officials reported the bleak milestone Tuesday, after 79 more COVID-19 ...
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COVID case counts may be losing importance amid omicronJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions. And those ...