Articles filed under Health Crises
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Libraries have adapted to challenges of pandemicJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - As an executive director and CEO of one of the largest public libraries in Illinois, serving almost 150,000 people, the pandemic of 2020 has brought many new challenges ...
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Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafeJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin pharmacist convinced the world was "crashing down" told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he believed ...
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Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccinesJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - LONDON - Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, fi...
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Fox River Valley Public Library District offers Student Hotspots for internet serviceJan 04, 2021 10:00 pm - One of the Fox River Valley Libraries' newest collections for 2021 is Student Hotspots. These Wi-Fi hotspots will be checked out to students for an entire semester. The ...
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EXPLAINER: US regulator weighs in on vaccine dosing debateJan 04, 2021 6:00 am - The first Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 are getting their second dose, while Britain has decided to postpone boosters and focus instead on giving more people a f...
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COVID-19 testing in Kane CountyJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health will offer COVID-19 mobile testing several times this month in Kane County. Tests will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. while supplies last: ...
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UK prime minister orders new virus lockdown for EnglandJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new variant of the c...
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How We Got The Picture: 'Choose to be happy': Overcoming weather, COVID-19 to celebrate a centenarianJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Now that 2020 is behind us, I think that we all can agree things were a bit different this past year. All of our lives changed in many ways during the pandemic that is s...
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Illinois once again averaging 6,000-plus new COVID-19 cases dailyJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois COVID-19 cases are inching up to average more than 6,000 new cases a day, even as testing for the respiratory disease dropped sharply over the last few weeks. ...
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Lake County hosting discussion on COVID-19 vaccines Jan. 13Jan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Lake County Board Chair Sandy Hart will host a virtual discussion with Lake County Health Department Executive Director Mark Pfister, medical epidemiologist Dr. Sana Ahm...