Articles filed under Health Crises
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After months of calm, Thailand grapples with virus outbreakDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - BANGKOK - After managing against the odds to keep the coronavirus largely in check for most of the year, Thailand has suddenly found itself challenged by an expanding ou...
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A season of fear, not cheer, as virus changes ChristmasDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - Montserrat Parello lost her husband eight years ago, and Christmas gatherings with children and grandchildren had helped her deal with her loneliness. But this year, the...
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In France, a pandemic dilemma over holiday rights for eldersDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - PARIS - Not once in the long months since the pandemic struck has 74-year-old Jean-Francois been able to leave his nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter o...
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COVID-19: Eight more deaths in Northbrook, three in GlenviewDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - Eleven people in Glenview and Northbrook died of COVID-19 in the past week and 246 new cases of the disease were diagnosed, the Cook County public health and medical exa...
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Global virus rules for Christmas: Tough, mild or none at allDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - In Peru, you can't drive your car on Christmas. In Lebanon, you can go to a nightclub, but you can't dance. In South Africa, roadblocks instead of beach parties will mar...
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Pritzker: More than 100,000 health care workers have gotten vaccine so farDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois has given a COVID-19 vaccine to 100,991 health care workers so far, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday, as the state prepares for a second inoculation rollout in...
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Editorial: Let Legislature work remotely during pandemicDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - Legislature should be able to meet, vote remotely in extraordinary times
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Sangamon County judge tosses decision voiding Pritzker's executive ordersDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In early July, a judge in downstate Clay County voided Gov. J.B. Pritzker's coronavirus restrictions in a sweeping order that he applied to the entire stat...
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COVID relief bill morphs into a test of GOP loyalty to TrumpDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Threatening to tank Congress' massive COVID relief and government funding package, President Donald Trump's demand for bigger aid checks for Americans confr...
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US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever countedDec 22, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time - due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic. Final mort...