Articles filed under Health Crises
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Is long COVID a concern for children?Sep 04, 2021 7:00 am - Millions of U.S. children and teens have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Fortunately, they have been less likely than adults, so far, to ...
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Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19Sep 03, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause ...
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Governor in hospital with flu symptoms; COVID tests negativeSep 03, 2021 7:00 am - CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu was admitted to a hospital Friday with flulike symptoms that have lasted for days, and after having tested negative ...
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Parents may plead, but no wiggle room on vaccines for kids under 12, pediatricians warnSep 03, 2021 5:00 am - With the extremely contagious delta variant estimated to be causing most COVID-19 cases in the U.S., some parents might be tempted to ask doctors to fudge the rules and ...
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Ross, Hoyer feeling fine after testing positive for COVID-19Sep 03, 2021 1:00 am - Cubs manager David Ross and president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer have tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesman for the team said Ross and Hoyer are feeling fine a...
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Suburban school COVID-19 outbreaks nearly triple this weekSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - Twenty-two more suburban schools reported COVID-19 outbreaks this week, nearly three times as many as a week ago. That's according to Illinois Department of Public Healt...
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College of DuPage president has 'mild' breakthrough case of COVID-19Sep 03, 2021 1:00 am - College of DuPage President Brian Caputo has developed a breakthrough case of COVID-19, school officials said Friday. In a message to employees, the state's largest comm...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations climb to highest point since AprilSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials on Friday reported 2,286 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals throughout Illinois, 551 of whom were in intensive care beds. The number...
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Aurora man has first human case this year of West Nile in DuPage CountySep 02, 2021 1:00 am - An Aurora man who contracted West Nile virus marks the first human case of the mosquito-borne disease in DuPage County this year. The man, who is in his 60s, fell ill in...
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Kane County COVID-19 vaccination clinicsSep 02, 2021 1:00 am - The Kane County Health Department will host community COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the next week in Elgin and Aurora. They are: Sunday, Sept. 5, noon to 3 p.m., Main ...