Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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'The fire that's here': U.S. is still battling delta variantDec 02, 2021 12:00 am - While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn't finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., sending record numbers ...
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Former congressional candidate removed from school post for spreading vaccine misformationDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - A retired Marine Corps colonel and former GOP candidate in the 8th Congressional District has been removed from a high-ranking position at Chicago Public Schools' Marine...
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1 million vaccine doses administered in Lake CountyDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - The Lake County Health Department says its vaccine providers have administered more than 1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to residents. According to data from the...
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Illinois' COVID-19 hospitalization count the highest in 10 monthsDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois hospitalizations from COVID-19 are at their highest level in 10 months, according to Illinois Department of Public Health data. IDPH officials are reporting 2,4...
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Mysteries of omicron variant could take weeks to untangleDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - A pandemic-weary world faces weeks of confusing uncertainty as countries restrict travel and take other steps to halt the newest potentially risky coronavirus mutant bef...
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Omicron unravels travel industry's plans for a comebackDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - Tourism businesses that were just finding their footing after nearly two years of devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are being rattled again as countries throw...