Articles filed under Health Crises
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Suburbs won't expand vaccines this week to medically vulnerable under 65Feb 23, 2021 12:00 am - Suburban health departments aren't going along with Illinois' plan to expand vaccine eligibility starting Thursday to people under 65 who have medical conditions. Suburb...
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Dist. 70 students will be back in classrooms full time starting April 12Feb 23, 2021 12:00 am - Kindergarten through fifth-graders in Libertyville Elementary District 70 will return to a full-day classroom schedule beginning April 12. The same option won't immediat...
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Cronin: DuPage's vaccine allotment 'completely and totally inadequate'Feb 23, 2021 12:00 am - DuPage County has more than 100 vaccine providers with the ability to distribute doses, if only all of them could get COVID-19 shots. This week, the second-most populous...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Feb. 23Feb 23, 2021 12:00 am - There have been 501,863 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's almost 42.6% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health....
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Free COVID-19 testing offered at west-side Aurora Habitat ReStore locationFeb 22, 2021 10:00 pm - Free drive-through COVID-19 testing is now being offered in the parking lot of the Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 2302 W. Indian Trail Road in Aurora. It began...
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COVID-19 mobile testing in Kane CountyFeb 22, 2021 12:00 am - A COVID-19 mobile testing unit will be at Elgin Community College through Friday, and in Aurora on Saturday and Sunday. Testing will be available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. o...
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The year of the pandemic: First suburban COVID-19 patients recall their 'lonely' yearFeb 22, 2021 12:00 am - As it turns out, there are no perks to being first in a pandemic. “That's the wrong lottery to win,” Bob Dix said. It's been a full year since Dix arrived at the Northwe...
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1 in 8 Illinoisans vaccinated, with 500,000 more doses expected this weekFeb 22, 2021 12:00 am - About one in eight Illinoisans has received a COVID-19 vaccine shot as of Monday, and after recent storms across the U.S. stymied shipments, 500,000 more doses should ar...
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Six Flags Great America aims to open - with rides - April 24Feb 22, 2021 12:00 am - Those itching to tame Raging Bull, soar on American Eagle and lose their guts on the Giant Drop take note: Officials at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee are aiming to s...
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Biden hosts candlelight ceremony as U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 500,000Feb 22, 2021 12:00 am - The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. topped 500,000 Monday, a staggering number that all but matches the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam com...