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Boosters for all adults in US closer with panel meeting setNov 16, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - An influential U.S. advisory panel will discuss expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all adults Friday, a move that could make the...
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Pfizer asks US officials to OK promising COVID-19 pillNov 16, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Tuesday to authorize its experimental pill for COVID-19, setting the stage for a likely launch this winter of a promising ...
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Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pillNov 16, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could mak...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations up 16.8% from a week agoNov 16, 2021 12:00 am - State health officials Tuesday reported 1,627 COVID-19 patients were being treated in hospitals throughout Illinois. Of those hospitalized, 325 were in intensive care, a...
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DuPage County lags suburbs, Lake County leads in vaccinating kids 5 to 11Nov 15, 2021 12:00 am - Despite having the highest rate of fully vaccinated residents among the 102 counties in Illinois, DuPage County is lagging in getting needles into the arms of its younge...
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Walk-ins welcome at COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Wheaton churchNov 14, 2021 10:00 pm - Children ages 5 or older can receive their initial dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesdays, Nov. 17 and Dec. 8. It is also open to those eligible for a booster shot. ...
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Editorial: Our COVID-19 obligationsNov 13, 2021 1:00 pm - As we write this, the pandemic's death toll in the United States stands at more than three-quarters of a million people. That's greater than the population of Seattle, W...
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COVID-19 outbreak tied to Algonquin restaurantNov 12, 2021 12:00 am - An Algonquin restaurant has closed due to an outbreak of COVID-19, the McHenry County Department of Health said Friday. The outbreak at Eat at Syrup, 2555 Bunker Hill Ro...
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With cases up, are we entering another COVID-19 wave?Nov 12, 2021 12:00 am - With new cases of COVID-19 jumping by 30% in a week statewide, health experts on Friday urged both the vaccine-hesitant and parents of children ages 5 to 11 to schedule ...
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Illinois AG: District 25 board violated Open Meetings Act with mask-optional voteNov 12, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois attorney general's office has ruled the Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 school board violated the Open Meetings Act, calling its July 15 meeting ag...