Articles filed under Health Crises
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Wear a mask at the Indian Trails Public LibraryAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Visitors to the Indian Trails Public Library facilities should be prepared to wear masks to fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus, officials have announced. Additionall...
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WHO leader wants vaccine booster moratoriumAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - GENEVA - The head of the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines to help ensure that doses are availabl...
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Free Six Flags tickets offered at COVID-19 clinic SaturdayAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - On Saturday, the DuPage Health Coalition, in cooperation with YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and West Suburban Community Pantry, will offer free COVID-19 vaccinations for ...
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Advocate Aurora Health to require vaccination for employeesAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Advocate Aurora Health will require employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct. 15. The mandate affects about 75,000 people, including medical staff, employees...
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District 45 school board ends face masks meeting without vote after reported physical altercationAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - A west suburban school board meeting adjourned without a vote on mandatory face masks after heated debate turned into a reported physical altercation, according to ABC 7...
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Pritzker announces mask mandate for schools, vaccine rules for state workersAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Go>. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday announced a universal face mask mandate inside public and private schools and day cares to combat the highly infectious COVID-19 delta v...
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Mask-optional schools in suburbs reverse course, say they'll obey governor's mandateAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Suburban school districts that had made face coverings optional for their students and employees backtracked Wednesday, saying they won't defy Gov. J.B. Pritzker's state...
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Hyde Park Summer Fest called offAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Rising COVID-19 cases have prompted organizers of another Chicago festival to cancel their plans for 2021. In June, Jonathan Swain, Hyde Park Summer Fest co-organizer, h...
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Speakers at board meeting urge Dist. 54 to defy mask mandateAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Despite a mandate from the governor Wednesday for all Illinois students to wear masks in school, all 24 speakers at the Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 meetin...
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Get free tickets to Six Flags Great America at West Suburban Community Pantry's vaccine clinicAug 03, 2021 11:00 pm - On Saturday, Aug. 7, the DuPage Health Coalition, in cooperation with YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and West Suburban Community Pantry, will offer free COVID-19 vaccinati...