Articles filed under Health Crises
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State tops 2 million vaccine doses givenFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - More than 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Illinois, state health officials reported Friday. Of the 2,060,706 doses that have now gone i...
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Judson indefinitely postpones April World Leaders Forum with Gen. PetraeusFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - Judson University in Elgin is postponing its World Leaders Forum featuring retired four-star Gen. David Petraeus until further notice due to ongoing concerns over the CO...
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Study of suburban opioid deaths points to heroin as the chief killerFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - A report on opioid-related overdose deaths in suburban Cook County released Friday found that heroin is the chief killer, and the highest death rates were in several Wes...
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COVID-19 vaccine town hall MondayFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - Three suburban elected officials will host a virtual town hall Monday night to provide updates and resources related to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Cook County. Cook...
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'A COVID warrior': 101-year-old Palatine woman survives fight with the virusFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - When 101-year-old Anna Grattoni contracted COVID-19 late last year, her family understandably was full of concern. Grattoni, however, had full faith that she would come ...
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Why isn't Dist. 21 fully in-person? Officials point to distancing, class sizesFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - While other Northwest suburban school districts have returned to full-time in-person learning, Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 officials said this week they can...
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Why we can't make vaccine doses any fasterFeb 18, 2021 10:00 pm - Coronavirus President Joe Biden has https://www.google.com/url?q=https://apnews.com/article/vaccine-biden-600-million-doses-july-b7845a7d0...
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WHO says more than 11,000 Ebola vaccines will go to GuineaFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The World Health Organization says it will be sending more than 11,000 Ebola vaccinations to the West African nation of Guinea in the coming days t...
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US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWIIFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health offi...
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Vernon Township launches vaccine outreach program for seniorsFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - A phone outreach program to educate seniors on how to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine was launched Thursday in Vernon Township. Operated by township board members, staff an...