Articles filed under Health Crises
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Cook County taking appointments for 25,000 more doses at 4 sites including Des PlainesMar 28, 2021 1:00 am - Daily Herald report Cook County Health will start releasing appointments at noon Sunday for about 25,000 more first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at four locations, includ...
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More than 16% of Illinoisans fully vaccinated; COVID-19 hospitalizations on the riseMar 28, 2021 1:00 am - While Illinois public health officials announced Sunday more than 16% of the state's population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, hospitalizations from the virus...
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Geneva prep athlete leading drive to donate blood to combat COVID-19Mar 28, 2021 1:00 am - A Geneva High School senior who contracted COVID-19 this fall made his first convalescent plasma donation in February, and now he's urging other survivors to do the same...
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Are these symptoms a result of the pandemic?Mar 27, 2021 7:00 am - Mood changes. Abdominal pain. Headaches. All symptoms of a variety of larger health issues. As pediatricians, we are seeing children and teenagers experiencing these ver...
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Illinois coronavirus case positivity rate continues its slow climbMar 27, 2021 1:00 am - State numbers for COVID-19 shots, new cases and deaths Friday all fell within the recent range, but the statewide test positivity number continued its slow upward climb,...
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A housekeeping manager needed extra hands at her Downers Grove health care facility. Her 3 kids stepped up.Mar 27, 2021 1:00 am - The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was a punch in the gut to Julie Johnson of Naperville, yet she had never felt a greater sense of responsibility for her work and the p...
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How pandemic could change future of long-term careMar 27, 2021 1:00 am - Denise Hays hopes she will be able to hold her mother's hand this week for the first time since last summer. Although the Geneva woman lives only a few miles from her mo...
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Shots in little arms: COVID-19 vaccine testing turns to kidsMar 26, 2021 7:00 am - The 9-year-old twins didn't flinch as each received test doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine -- and then a sparkly bandage to cover the spot. 'œSparkles make everything ...
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Editor sidelined after medical journal racism podcast outcryMar 26, 2021 7:00 am - The top editor at the Journal of the American Medical Association has been sidelined amid outcry from Black physicians over a tweet and podcast on structural racism. "No...
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Round Lake 116 to start hybrid learning MondayMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - Students in Round Lake Area Unit District 116 will begin hybrid instruction model Monday, with a second wave of students beginning April 5. Thirty percent of students op...