Articles filed under Health Crises
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Case drop may show South Africa's omicron peak has passedDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country's dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak, medic...
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China orders lockdown of up to 13 million people in Xi'anDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China on Wednesday ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million people in neighborhoods and workplaces in the northern city of Xi'an following a spike in...
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Pause on student loan payments is extended through May 1Dec 22, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration on Wednesday extended a student loan moratorium that has allowed tens of millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the ...
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New York City adds testing; no decision on Times Square New Year's EveDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - NEW YORK - With COVID-19 cases spiking in New York City, city officials said Wednesday they're opening more testing sites, restricting visiting at city-run hospitals and...
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2021 on track to surpass last year as nation's deadliestDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - NEW YORK - U.S. health officials say 2021 is shaping up to be even deadlier than last year. It's too early to say for sure, since all the death reports for November and ...
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'I have changed': A nurse suffering long-haul COVID-19 effects looks toward ChristmasDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - Editor's note: Alix Atwell is a nurse and aspiring writer who lives in Barrington and works in Northbrook. In the summer of 2020, she chronicled for the Daily Herald...
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Death rates from COVID-19 drop by 45% in 2021 as 16,581 new cases are reported WednesdayDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - Death rates from COVID-19 in Illinois dropped in 2021 by over 45% from 2020, a welcome trend that's due in large part to vaccines, experts said Wednesday. The latest dat...
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Kane County working to keep mass vaccination site open through JanuaryDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - Kane County officials are close to locking in leasing and utility agreements that will keep the mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Batavia open through January. But the f...
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Japan confirms first known local omicron transmissionsDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - TOKYO - Japan on Wednesday confirmed its first known local transmissions of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus in Osaka, a sign it is already making its way in t...
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Elgin woman dies of COVID-19 amid family's court battle for access to ivermectinDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - An Elgin woman who had been on a ventilator fighting COVID-19 and whose family sought to have the controversial drug ivermectin administered to her died Wednesday. Kane ...