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Lake County jail COVID-19 outbreak growsDec 03, 2021 12:00 am - Lake County jail officials said Friday that 48 inmates and 11 correctional officers have tested positive for COVID-19 since last weekend. The numbers have grown since Mo...
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Omicron-stricken South Africa may be glimpse into the futureDec 03, 2021 12:00 am - JOHANNESBURG - Dr. Sikhulile Moyo was analyzing COVID-19 samples in his lab in Botswana last week when he noticed they looked startlingly different from others. Within d...
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Wheaton Public Library hosting walk-in vaccine clinicDec 03, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health is bringing a COVID-19 vaccination clinic to the Wheaton Public Library on Tuesday. Boosters and initial vaccines will be admini...
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Illinois records highest single-day vaccination total since MayDec 03, 2021 12:00 am - Nearly 100,000 more doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered statewide, the most in a single day since May. That's according to Illinois Department of Public He...
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Kane County Health Department urges vaccination, prevention in wake of new COVID Omicron variantDec 02, 2021 10:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department urges residents to update their vaccination status and take preventive measures to combat the spread of COVID and its variants. This we...
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New data suggests 1 in 44 US children affected by autismDec 02, 2021 6:00 am - New autism numbers released Thursday suggest more U.S. children are being diagnosed with the developmental condition and at younger ages. In an analysis of 2018 data fro...
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Rolling Meadows company accused of selling bogus hand sanitizerDec 02, 2021 12:00 am - The Massachusetts attorney general's office has filed a complaint against a Rolling Meadows-based company, alleging it sold bogus hand sanitizer to schools. The complain...
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Portion of state hospitalizations from COVID-19 doubles in a month, 11,524 new cases ThursdayDec 02, 2021 12:00 am - COVID-19 patients account for 8% of all hospital patients in Illinois, a jump from last month when only 4% of those hospitalized statewide were being treated for the res...
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Pushing COVID-19 boosters, Biden says 'we need to be ready'Dec 02, 2021 12:00 am - BETHESDA - With rising numbers of COVID-19 cases predicted this winter, President Joe Biden on Thursday appealed for Americans to get their boosters and get behind his p...
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Editorial: Take Omicron seriously, but by now we know what to doDec 02, 2021 12:00 am - The latest COVID-19 variant to emerge into public view, Omicron, has been labeled a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization. (By comparison Mu is still onl...