Articles filed under Health Crises
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Spain, Portugal face new limits despite vaccine successDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain - Despite vaccination rates that make other governments envious, Spain and Portugal are facing the hard truth that, with the new omicron variant running...
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EXPLAINER: Boosters key to fight omicron, lot still to learnDec 20, 2021 6:00 am - The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is but scientists don't yet know if it causes more severe dis...
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Moderna: Initial booster data shows good results on omicronDec 20, 2021 6:00 am - Moderna said Monday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine should offer protection against the rapidly spreading omicron variant. Moderna said lab tests showed the ...
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Schools use therapy-based programs for 'overwhelmed' kidsDec 20, 2021 6:00 am - PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) - On a windy December morning in rural southwest Michigan, an American flag flapped at half-staff outside Paw Paw Early Elementary School. A social w...
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As new Illinois COVID-19 cases jump 30% in two weeks, doctors urge boosters to fight omicronDec 20, 2021 12:00 am - The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases jumped by 30% in two weeks, state data showed Monday, as the tally of Illinoisans getting booster shots, a crucial tool again...
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NHL to begin holiday break early due to COVID; another Blackhawks game postponedDec 20, 2021 12:00 am - The NHL is beginning a leaguewide shutdown Wednesday amid a rise in positive COVID-19 test results among players, and with 10 of the league's 32 teams' schedules already...
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Chicago, U of I embark on $2 million program to detect COVID in sewageDec 20, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago's health department will work with a team of University of Illinois researchers to monitor COVID-19 in wastewater as part of a $2 million program over the next t...
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Judge denies ivermectin treatment for Elgin couple in ICUDec 20, 2021 12:00 am - An Elgin couple remained in an intensive care unit in Elgin battling COVID-19 on Monday, days after a Kane County judge denied a motion to allow them to receive the cont...
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Omicron may sideline two leading drugs against COVID-19Dec 19, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - As strained U.S. hospitals brace for a new surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the fast-spreading omicron variant, doctors are warning of yet another cha...
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Pfizer tests extra COVID shot for kids under 5 in setbackDec 17, 2021 6:00 am - Pfizer said Friday it was changing plans and testing three doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in babies and preschoolers after the usual two shots didn't appear strong enough...