Articles filed under Health Crises
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Sources: U.S. to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 monthsAug 16, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of...
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Ebola case reported in Ivory Coast after Guinea outbreakAug 15, 2021 7:00 am - ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - A patient has tested positive for Ebola in Abidjan, a city of more than 4 million people, marking the first case of the disease in Ivory Coas...
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Parents rally against school mask mandates in Crystal LakeAug 15, 2021 1:00 am - A day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved McHenry County to the "high" level of COVID-19 transmission, residents rallied Saturday at the intersect...
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Fitness trackers provide conclusions related to COVID-19Aug 14, 2021 7:00 am - Q: I had a bad case of COVID-19 last spring. It took a while, but I'm mostly OK now. The only thing is, the numbers on my Fitbit aren't as good as they used to be, espec...
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'You are the heroes now': Chicago-area time capsule allows kids to share pandemic experiencesAug 14, 2021 5:30 am - The contents of a single cylindrical canister offer a glimpse into the world of 8-year-old Ellie Landa and her younger sister, Calista, as they navigated the isolation a...
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Extra COVID vaccine OK'd for those with weak immune systemsAug 13, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vacc...
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US allows extra COVID vaccine doses for some. Now what?Aug 13, 2021 7:00 am - Americans at high risk from COVID-19 because of severely weakened immune systems are now allowed to get a third vaccination in hopes of better protection, a policy chang...
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New round of vaccination lottery winners announcedAug 13, 2021 1:00 am - Residents in Arlington Heights, Aurora, Hanover Park and Mundelein were among 22 Illinoisans who won $100,000 through the state's vaccination lottery. Gov. J.B. Pritzker...
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As Illinois logs highest COVID-19 counts since April, what now with booster shots?Aug 13, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois is averaging more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases a day for the first time since mid-April. The state's seven-day rolling average for new cases stands at 3,046, a...
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Extra COVID vaccine approved for those with weak immune systemsAug 13, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines ...