Articles filed under Health Crises
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House approves Trump's $2,000 checks, sending to GOP-led SenateDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House voted overwhelmingly Monday to increase COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000, meeting President Donald Trump's demand for bigger payments and sending ...
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COVID-19 deaths surpass 16,000 as vaccines arrive at long-term care facilitiesDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - The state's death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 16,000, Illinois health officials announced Monday. Officials reported 105 more deaths from the coronavirus and anothe...
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Editorial: A salute to those on the pandemic front linesDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - Second in an Opinion series Doctors, nurses, police, emergency workers, health care workers, grocery staff. All became heroes on the front lines of the 2020 war on coro...
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Highlights of COVID-19, government funding law taking effectDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - The massive, year-end catchall bill that President Donald Trump signed into law combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and ream...
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VNA Health Care offers daily mobile COVID-19 testingDec 27, 2020 10:00 pm - VNA Health Care offers three mobile COVID-19 testing clinics at locations in Batavia, Bensenville and West Chicago. The testing is also available at four VNA Health Cent...
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VNA Health Care offers daily mobile COVID-19 testing in BataviaDec 27, 2020 10:00 pm - VNA Health Care is offering a new mobile COVID-19 Community Testing Clinic from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily in the parking lot of the former Sam's Club, 501 N. Randall Road i...
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Editorial: A salute to those on the pandemic front linesDec 27, 2020 10:00 pm - Second in an Opinion series Doctors, nurses, police, emergency workers, health care workers, grocery staff. All became heroes on the front lines of the 2020 war on coro...
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Trump signs pandemic relief bill, averts shutdownDec 27, 2020 12:00 am - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals. It als...
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Financial carnage will be legacy of government's managementDec 27, 2020 12:00 am - Closing of businesses in Illinois is controversial. I operate a manufacturing business with 500 employees. We are designated as an "essential" business and have never b...
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Illinois reports 3,767 more COVID-19 cases, 104 additional deathsDec 27, 2020 12:00 am - Figures released by the Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday showed an uptick in new COVID-19 cases and nearly double the number of deaths. On Sunday, IDPH announ...