Articles filed under Health Crises
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JCC Chicago helps community get vaccinatedMay 19, 2021 1:00 am - On the heels of the announcement that the Pfizer COVID vaccine was approved by the FDA for 12- to 15-year-olds, JCC Chicago moved quickly to hold a COVID vaccination cli...
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Editorial: Gently, carefully moving toward opennessMay 19, 2021 1:00 am - After 14 months of urging everyone to wear a mask, it suddenly feels a bit reckless to celebrate the sudden jolt into normality implicit in the CDC's latest guidelines. ...
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Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church provides sweet treat surprises to local nursesMay 18, 2021 11:00 pm - Members of the Community Outreach Ministry of Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley recently reached out to the community to acknowledge area nurses during ...
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Batavia woman honored for helping seniors book vaccine shotsMay 18, 2021 11:00 pm - In the throes of the pandemic, senior citizens throughout the Batavia region found the almost "Hunger Games"-like battle to book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment to be...
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EXPLAINER: How worrying is the variant first seen in India?May 18, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - For the first time in months, people across England are meeting indoors at pubs, restaurants, cinemas, gyms and elsewhere as coronavirus rules were relaxed...
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Americans urged to get colon cancer screening earlierMay 18, 2021 7:00 am - Americans should start getting screened for colon cancer earlier -- at age 45 instead of waiting until they're 50, according to guidelines released Tuesday. The U.S. Pre...
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India vaccine-maker hopes to share shots by end of the yearMay 18, 2021 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - The Serum Institute of India said Tuesday that it hopes to start delivering coronavirus vaccine doses to the U.N-backed effort known as COVAX and to oth...
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Constable: Are those who don't wear masks vaccinated or ... 'the other'?May 18, 2021 5:30 am - We are living in a horror movie. Not some slasher flick where a madman carves up sexually active teens, but a real 1956 science-fiction classic made when Americans were ...
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State has fully vaccinated about 44% of eligible IllinoisansMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - About 44% of Illinoisans who are eligible have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Illinois Department of Public Health data indicated Tuesday. Nearly 10.9 million I...
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Wheeling school to host vaccination clinic for anyone 12 and olderMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - London Middle School in Wheeling will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic Friday for anyone 12 and older, following federal regulatory approval of the Pfizer vaccine for ...