Articles filed under Health Crises
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Pritzker expanding vaccine eligibility to include more medically vulnerable under 65Feb 10, 2021 12:00 am - People under age 65 who have medical conditions that place them at a high risk for severe cases of COVID-19 will be eligible for vaccination beginning Feb. 25. Among tho...
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Nine Lake County restaurants fined for serving customers indoors during state banFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - Nine Lake County restaurants and bars were fined this week for serving customers inside this winter during the state's second indoor dining ban. Each restaurant was cite...
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'Just makes no sense': Widening vaccine eligibility upsets those 65+ who can't get shotsFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - While barely a quarter of those eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Illinois have received at least one dose, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced even more residents will...
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3 COVID-19 deaths, 106 new cases this week in Glenview and NorthbrookFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - Two people in Glenview and one in Northbrook died of COVID-19 in the past week, and 106 people were newly diagnosed with the disease, the Cook County public health and m...
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COVID19 mobile testing in Lake CountyFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - A COVID-19 mobile testing unit is coming to Mundelein, Highland Park and Lake Villa this week, the Lake County Health Department said in a news release. Free testing wil...
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Jury trials to resume once again at Waukegan courthouseFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - Jury trials at the Waukegan courthouse will resume March 1, Chief Judge Diane E. Winter announced Wednesday. Jury trials were suspended in November because of a winter s...
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Suburban doctor says two-layer mask a good idea now that U.K. strain is hereFeb 09, 2021 4:30 am - With a case of the more infectious United Kingdom strain of COVID-19 diagnosed in Lake County and more expected, it's important to double down on face coverings, one exp...
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'Guarded optimism': Seniors cautiously plan for life after vaccineFeb 09, 2021 4:30 am - Juanita Thomas is a lesson in patience and resilience. She survived a frightening case of COVID-19 last March. Only now she has another reason to hope. On Monday, the 93...
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West Chicago company sows the seeds for a bumper crop of gardenersFeb 09, 2021 4:30 am - Still in the throes of the deadly coronavirus and the pain of pandemic restrictions, we gaze across the bleak, snow-covered tundra of suburbia and imagine what spring mi...
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Policy not to vaccinate pregnant, nursing mothers came from Kane Health Dept. staffFeb 09, 2021 12:00 am - In an emailed statement, Kane County Health Department spokeswoman Susan Stack said the previous policy not to vaccinate pregnant or breastfeeding women for COVID-19 "wa...