Articles filed under Health Crises
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Extra COVID vaccine OK'd for those with weak immune systemsAug 12, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. regulators on Thursday said transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna ...
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Constable: How homes with guns can reduce the risksAug 12, 2021 5:30 am - In our imperfect world, it's impossible to protect every person from every lurking danger. So we focus on risk reduction. People get killed in car crashes, but we can re...
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'No sign of a superspreader event': 203 cases of COVID-19 linked to Chicago's LollapaloozaAug 12, 2021 1:00 am - Chicago health officials on Thursday reported 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, casting it as a number that was anticipated and not yet linked to any hosp...
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24 COVID-19 deaths reported Thursday, the highest in 10 weeksAug 12, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 totaled 3,114 Thursday and 24 more people died from the respiratory disease, the most fatalities since June 6, the Illinois Department of Public He...
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Will state lift penalty after Timothy Christian schools agree to require masking?Aug 12, 2021 1:00 am - Elmhurst-based Timothy Christian Schools will comply with Gov. J.B. Pritzker's order for students to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after the Illinois Stat...
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Study: Extra COVID shot helps protect transplant patientsAug 11, 2021 7:00 am - A third dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine substantially improved protection for organ transplant recipients whose weak immune systems don't always rev up enough with th...
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Back to school, not totally back to normal: Here's how it'll work in some suburban districtsAug 11, 2021 5:30 am - Suburban students heading back to school this week for the first day of classes will see some semblance of normalcy restored. Of course, the biggest change is the resum...
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CDC urges COVID vaccines during pregnancy as delta surgesAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots around the U.S. see disturbing nu...
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Want to see Jason Isbell in Schaumburg? Bring proof of vaccination or negative COVID testAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - The Schaumburg Boomers will honor and enforce Grammy-winning musician Jason Isbell's requirement that fans at his Aug. 22 concert at Wintrust Field show either proof of ...
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Nurses, protesters rally against hospital vaccine mandate in ElginAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - Holding signs reading "My body, my choice" and "I call the shots," about 60 protesters, many of them nurses, lined Randall Road in front of Advocate Sherman Hospital on ...