Articles filed under Health Crises
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Pfizer's request to OK shots for kids a relief for parentsOct 07, 2021 7:00 am - Parents tired of worrying about classroom outbreaks and sick of telling their elementary school-age children no to sleepovers and family gatherings felt a wave of relief...
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Pfizer asks US to allow COVID shots for kids ages 5 to 11Oct 07, 2021 1:00 am - Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 — and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of w...
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Biden visits Elk Grove Village to reinforce vaccine messageOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - President Joe Biden came to the suburbs Thursday to urge employers to require COVID-19 vaccinations, using an Elk Grove Village construction project as a backdrop to hel...
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Illinois hospitals averaging 8.4% fewer COVID-19 patients than week agoOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials Thursday reported 1,676 COVID-19 patients were being treated in hospitals throughout Illinois, the fewest since Aug. 12. Of those hospitalized, 40...
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UN endorses world's 1st malaria vaccine as 'historic moment'Oct 06, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the world's first malaria vaccine and said it should be given to children across Africa in the hope tha...
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Vaccines are here. School's open. Some parents still agonizeOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Eight days into the school year, all five of Amber Cessac's daughters, ages 4 to 10, had tested positive for COVID-19. Having them all sick at once and wo...
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Eviction confusion, again: End of US ban doesn't cause spikeOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - TUCSON, Ariz. - Chandra Dobbs was stunned when the constable showed up on her doorstep with a fat packet of eviction papers. She thought she had more time. "I didn't thi...
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Flush with COVID-19 aid, schools steer funding to sportsOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - IOWA CITY, Iowa - One Wisconsin school district built a new football field. In Iowa, a high school weight room is getting a renovation. Another in Kentucky is replacing ...
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New HUD rule aimed at preventing public housing evictionsOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is trying to prevent evictions from public housing for nonpayment of rent, seeking to shore up protections following the end of the...
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Coronavirus deaths in Russia surpass 900 a day for 1st timeOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - MOSCOW - Russia's daily coronavirus death toll surpassed 900 on Wednesday for the first time in the pandemic, a record that comes amid the country's low vaccination rate...