Articles filed under Health Crises
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Cook County jail seeing more COVID-19 casesNov 15, 2020 12:00 am - The Cook County jail, after getting national attention for its very early outbreak of COVID-19, then bringing the numbers down to infinitesimal levels, is again facing a...
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COVID-19 case numbers dip slightly, but hospitalizations continue to riseNov 15, 2020 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 10,631 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a small dip from previous days, but still evidence of an...
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Glenbard webinar to outline steps for college planning during a pandemicNov 14, 2020 10:00 pm - Glenbard District 87's Equity and Inclusion Committee and Families United in Support of Excellence and Equity for all, especially students that identify as African Ameri...
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Editorial: The things we take for grantedNov 14, 2020 1:00 pm - We were stunned last week by word seemingly out of the blue of the passing of Barry Locher, onetime editor of the State Journal-Register in Springfield. Locher was a pio...
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Constable: A lifetime shared together ends with COVID-19Nov 14, 2020 12:00 am - Carmen and Mary Siciliano started married life in a one-room apartment during World War II. They ended it 76 years later in a fifth-floor hospital room they shared with ...
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Pepsi commercial puts Elgin native Sheldon back in front of the cameraNov 14, 2020 12:00 am - Life in the fast lane has always suited Dan Sheldon. A standout three-sport athlete at Burlington Central High School, Sheldon was a football and baseball Daily Herald A...
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Is Illinois ready to roll out a COVID vaccine?Nov 14, 2020 12:00 am - Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of much of the scientific world has been creating and testing a safe and effective vaccine. With news last week that...
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COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Nov. 13Nov 14, 2020 12:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion There have been 240,453 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 43.6% of the state's total, according to the Illino...
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State reports 166 more deaths (66 due to data delay), 11,028 new casesNov 14, 2020 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 166 more deaths, but it said 66 of them would have been in Friday's report except for a delay in reporting of ...
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Company gives out masks, other PPE in MundeleinNov 14, 2020 12:00 am - With COVID-19 infection rates continuing to rise, Medline distributed 20,000 free packages of personal protective equipment Saturday with the help of company employees a...