Articles filed under Health Crises
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Lake, DuPage lead state in COVID-19 vaccination rates for kids 12-17Aug 27, 2021 1:00 am - With most suburban schools in full swing amid a spike in COVID-19 infections, state data Friday showed that less than half of young Illinoisans ages 12 to 17 are fully v...
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Des Plaines District 62 to host vaccine clinicsAug 27, 2021 1:00 am - Des Plaines School District 62 is again partnering with the Illinois Department of Public Health to host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for people 12 or older. Anyone is ...
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'An absolute whirlwind': Suburban distillery owners reflect on production changes made during pandemicAug 26, 2021 6:00 am - The last year and a half have been "an absolute whirlwind" for Eric Falberg and his Highwood-based 28 Mile Distilling Co. The company went from producing vodka to makin...
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Constable: Comirnaty might make you have SpikeVax envy, but just get the shotAug 26, 2021 5:30 am - When vaccines came up in conversations with friends, and it did, I took misguided pride in announcing that I got the Pfizer vaccine. I didn't choose Pfizer. It was pure ...
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Suburban reaction to Pritzker's vaccination edict for schools? 'Big deal, we already did that'Aug 26, 2021 1:00 am - With 16 years of teaching science under his belt, Bob Holloway wasn't hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine when it was offered last spring. To his delight, neither ...
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Two District 300 students hospitalized, 48 test positive for COVID-19Aug 26, 2021 1:00 am - Less than two weeks after starting the new school year, Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 reported that 48 students have tested positive for COVID-19 and two a...
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Supreme Court allows evictions to resume, blocking Biden's banAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a tempo...
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59 more COVID-19 deaths as Illinois surpasses 1.5 million infectionsAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - Deaths in Illinois from COVID-19 reached 59 Thursday, the highest in a single day since February, as rising case counts and hospitalizations led Gov. J.B. Pritzker to or...
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Kane County Board committee proposes $4M in COVID-19 aid for social service agenciesAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - The Kane County Board would make $4 million available to address social service needs spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, under a proposal discussed by a committee this we...
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Select Illinois employment offices taking appointments for in-person servicesAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As federal unemployment benefits created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire next week, Illinois continues to see high unemployment rate...