Articles filed under Health Crises
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No more passing the cash as tollway makes all-electronic system permanentFeb 25, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois tollway will permanently shift to an entirely electronic system without cash payments after 11 months of operating with automatic collections due to the COV...
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Aurora area groups issue call for racial equity in distribution of COVID-19 vaccineFeb 24, 2021 10:00 pm - Black people continue to die from COVID-19 at disproportionately higher rates than whites in Illinois! We know that contributing factors to the disproportionate death ra...
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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine works well in big 'real world' testFeb 24, 2021 6:00 am - A real-world test of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in more than half a million people confirms that it's very effective at preventing serious illness or death, even after on...
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Des Plaines mayoral candidates disagree on following Pritzker's last restaurant mandateFeb 24, 2021 4:00 am - Des Plaines City Council voted last year to enforce Pritzker's temporary restriction
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Here's your excuse for not cooking in Lake CountyFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - Lake County Restaurant Week usually features dining specials and prix fixe menus. This year, however, instead of using deals to coax diners out to restaurants, organizer...
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COVID test results to order at Northbrook CourtFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - Business ingenuity will arise to meet any opportunity. Take the new COVID-19 testing company, COVID Diagnostics. It's set up shop at Northbrook Court in the former Stir ...
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FDA says single-dose shot from J&J prevents severe COVIDFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine offers strong protection against severe COVID-19, according to an analysis released Wednesday by U.S. regulators tha...
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COVID-19: How some suburban seniors found ways to get vaccinesFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - The federal government is promising 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine shots a day in mid-March and the state's dose total surpassed 3 million Wednesday, but it's still a survival...
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107 more COVID-19 cases in Glenview and NorthbrookFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - One person in Northbrook died of COVID-19 in the past week, and 107 people in Glenview and Northbrook were newly diagnosed with the disease, the Cook County public healt...
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Vernon Hills to budget for summer activities with fingers crossedFeb 23, 2021 4:15 am - Vernon Hills isn't writing off big events this summer or fall, but whatever is held will be different from typical activities of the past. The Arbortheater concert serie...