Articles filed under Health Crises
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Convicted fraudster ordered to prisonNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - Insisting that "enough is enough," an agitated federal judge sent a woman who helped a Buffalo Grove man defraud his employer to prison Friday after the feds say she squ...
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'Remember the anguish on her face:' Aurora COVID-19 unit nurse's post goes viralNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - Carol Williams took off her N95 mask and showed her reality. Her face was marked with creases and red blotches from the mask she wears to protect her patients, her four ...
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Kane County begins round two for COVID relief fund grant applicationsNov 19, 2020 10:00 pm - Kane County is now accepting grant applications from businesses under round two of its Coronavirus Relief Fund Grant Program. The Kane County Board has allocated $5 mill...
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Bartlett library remains open, deemed essentialNov 19, 2020 10:00 pm - With the latest Tier 3 Resurgence Mitigations in the Restore Illinois Plan going into effect on Nov. 20, the Bartlett Public Library District will remain open for patron...
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Bank of America gives Harold Washington College $1 million for jobs initiativeNov 19, 2020 10:00 pm - Harold Washington College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, and Bank of America today announced a new $1 million jobs initiative partnership to help students of colo...
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US adult smoking rate looks unchanged, vaping rate higherNov 19, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. decline in cigarette smoking could be stalling while the adult vaping rate appears to be rising, according to a government report released Thurs...
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Gail Borden library buildings to close to public for three weeksNov 19, 2020 4:10 am - With COVID-19 cases surging in Kane County, the Gail Borden Public Library board of trustees voted unanimously to close all of their buildings to the public starting Fri...
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African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus casesNov 19, 2020 12:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya - Africa has surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases as the continent's top public health official warned Thursday that "we are inevitably edging ...
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Editorial: Among governors, a refreshing shared message on COVID-19Nov 19, 2020 12:00 am - Governments in the Midwest have been at odds with one another over COVID-19 for much of 2020. States tried to undercut one another in buying scarce personal protective e...
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Suburban long-term care facilities brace for another 'COVID storm'Nov 19, 2020 12:00 am - They were among the first - and certainly hardest - hit during the first wave of COVID-19 last spring, and long-term care facilities are once again battling the deadly v...