Articles filed under Health Crises
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Northwest Community Hospital discharges its 2,000th COVID-19 patientJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Doctors, nurses and support staffers cheered, waved and whistled Tuesday as Charles "Chuck" Rizzo of Mount Prospect was wheeled down the long hallway leading to Northwes...
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China sees virus outbreaks across its northeastJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - BEIJING - China was dealing with coronavirus outbreaks across its frigid northeast on Tuesday, prompting additional lockdowns and travel bans ahead of next month's Lunar...
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Lake County Fairgrounds becomes a drive-through vaccination centerJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Drive-through shots begin at Lake fairgrounds
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Des Plaines District 62 reopens buildings to studentsJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 reopened campuses to students and staffers Tuesday, after more than a month of all-remote learning prompted by the COVID-19 cri...
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Illinois has received more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccineJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois has received more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Tuesday, as 4,318 new cases of the virus were reported with 33 more deaths from the respiratory di...
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Looking ahead to shortened CCIW women's basketball seasonJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Even before the pandemic, this set up as a challenging season for Wheaton College women's basketball coach Kent Madsen after graduating seven seniors from last year's CC...
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Spain's rising cases give pandemic hospital a second chanceJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - MADRID - As soon as the lifeless body is silently pushed away on a stretcher, a cleaning battalion moves into the intensive care box. In a matter of minutes, the bed whe...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Jan. 19Jan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 458,611 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 42.6% of the state's total, according t...
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How Operation Warp Speed Created Vaccination ChaosJan 18, 2021 10:00 pm - ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Hospitals and cl...
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Will outdoor dining zone be permanent in downtown Arlington Heights?Jan 18, 2021 4:30 am - Born out of a desire to help restaurants struggling in the early months of the pandemic, Arlington Heights' outdoor street dining zone may return this year, in anticipat...