Articles filed under Health Crises
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Bloomingdale Township to offer seniors help with COVID-19 vaccine sign-upsFeb 21, 2021 10:00 pm - Bloomingdale Township Supervisor Michael D. Hovde Jr. recently announced that the Bloomingdale Township Senior Center will be assisting seniors in the township with the ...
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Daily vaccinations plunge as state reports 35 more COVID-19 deathsFeb 21, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois health authorities said just 13,433 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the state Saturday, the fewest in more than six weeks. There was no immediate...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Feb. 19Feb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Interactive map There have been 498,898 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's almost 42.6% of the state's total, according to the Illinois De...
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After son's overdose death, West Dundee family launches initiative to raise money, awarenessFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Mathew LeBlanc's original artwork adorns the walls of his family's West Dundee home. A framed printmaking piece in the foyer. A high school self-portrait in his childhoo...
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After son's overdose death, West Dundee family launches initiative to raise money, awarenessFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Mathew LeBlanc's original artwork adorns the walls of his family's West Dundee home. A framed printmaking piece in the foyer. A high school self-portrait in his childhoo...
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State reports another 1,922 virus cases, 42 deaths SaturdayFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 1,922 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease and 42 additional deaths. The dead included 10 p...
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'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisisFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Nicole Caceres fell to her knees in disbelief, feeling as if someone hit her in the chest and stole the air from her lungs. It had been three months since she learned he...
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Full in-person learning by Biden's 100th day? School leaders call it a lofty goalFeb 19, 2021 4:30 am - Getting students back into schools for full-time instruction is an ambitious goal school administrators have been struggling with since the start of the pandemic. Severa...
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Woodland District 50 to return to partial in-person learning on March 1Feb 19, 2021 12:00 am - Students in Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary School District 50 will return to in-person learning starting March 1. Under the model adopted by the school district Thursd...
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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...