Articles filed under Health Crises
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Looking for a booster shot? Carol Stream hosting Oct. 27 eventOct 19, 2021 1:00 am - The village of Carol Stream is offering booster shots of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at an event held in partnership with the park district and Jewel-Osco. Eligible groups...
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U.S. expected to authorize mix-and-match COVID booster shotsOct 19, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses this week in an effort to provide flexibility as the campaign...
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NBA should be working on an alternative to Irving's COVID-19 vaccination messageOct 18, 2021 12:00 pm - On Friday, the Bulls will unlock the doors of the United Center for their first regular-season home game with no attendance restrictions since March 10, 2020. So a full ...
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Why COVID boosters weren't tweaked to better match variantsOct 18, 2021 7:00 am - More COVID-19 booster shots may be on the way -- but when it's your turn, you'll get an extra dose of the original vaccine, not one updated to better match the extra-con...
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Pace looks to electric buses, Uber rides and express to O'Hare to rebuild COVID-19 damageOct 18, 2021 5:30 am - As Pace prepares its second COVID-19 budget, positives for suburban bus riders include no fare hikes, a future fleet of electric buses and a $2 Uber ride pilot project i...
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Pritzker extends deadline again for state workers to get COVID-19 shots; fourth deal with unions struckOct 18, 2021 1:00 am - State workers in congregate settings, such as prisons and veterans' homes, now have until Oct. 26 to get their first COVID-19 vaccination after Gov. J.B. Pritzker extend...
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COVID-19 has killed 1 of every 500 Illinois residentsOct 18, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 has now killed one in every 500 of Illinois' 12.7 million residents. The state surpassed that grim milestone recently as deaths from the virus now stand at 25,4...
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In quiet debut, Alzheimer's drug finds questions, skepticismOct 17, 2021 7:00 am - The first new Alzheimer's treatment in more than 20 years was hailed as a breakthrough when regulators approved it more than four months ago, but its rollout has been sl...
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Facts Matter: Latest vaccine falsehood claims deadly parasite is an ingredientOct 17, 2021 5:30 am - Social media users recently shared a fuzzy, black-and-white image of what is purported to be a parasite in the Pfizer vaccine, they claim is made up of "carbon, oxygen, ...
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Pfizer-BioNTech ask EU agency to OK vaccine for kids 5-11Oct 15, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Pharmaceutical company Pfizer and biotechnology company BioNTech said Friday they have requested to have their coronavirus vaccine licensed for children ag...