Articles filed under Health Crises
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Midwestern University gets approval to distribute COVID-19 vaccinesJan 14, 2021 10:00 pm - As the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination effort continues, Midwestern University's Multispecialty Clinics in Illinois and Arizona have been approved as COVID-19 vaccine Po...
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WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic originsJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - WUHAN, China - A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive inv...
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China virus cases spike as WHO researchers visitJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - BEIJING - China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast as a World Health Organization team arrived to investigate the origins of the pandemic...
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As need continues to surge, Schaumburg Township completes food pantry expansionJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - Schaumburg Township has completed a $300,000 expansion and renovation of its food pantry, the need for which was identified even before a major uptick in demand created ...
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Biden pandemic plan: Control virus and stabilize the economyJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - WILMINGTON, Del. - The coronavirus action plan President Joe Biden is unveiling Thursday aims to bring new urgency to the nation's vaccination campaign coupled with anot...
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'At 6 p.m., life stops': Europe uses curfews to fight virusJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - PARIS - As the wan winter sun sets over France's Champagne region, the countdown clock kicks in. Laborers stop pruning the vines as the light fades at about 4:30 p.m., l...
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Kane County has $15 million to help residents behind on rentJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - Kane County will receive about $15 million to help its residents with overdue rent payments, but that money is expected to go fast and address only a small portion of th...
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Are suburban residents getting fair share of state's vaccines? What the numbers showJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - Of the 414,296 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Illinois so far, 41.6% have gone into the arms of suburban residents. And of the 91,947 state residents considered ...
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Four Gurnee-area restaurants to defy indoor dining banJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - Despite the ongoing ban on indoor dining, four Gurnee-area restaurant owners intend to open their doors to customers starting today. In a post shared to their respective...
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EXPLAINER: What is WHO team in Wuhan looking forJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - WUHAN, China - The WHO team of international researchers that arrived in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday hopes to find clues to the origin of the COVID-19 ...