Articles filed under Health Crises
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CDC: Wearing a mask could keep you from catching virusNov 13, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials are taking a new tack to encourage Americans to wear masks: They're emphasizing recent research that a mask protects the person who...
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Big study supports cheap combo pill to lower heart risksNov 13, 2020 6:00 am - A daily pill combining four cholesterol and blood pressure medicines taken with low-dose aspirin cut the risk of heart attacks, strokes and heart-related deaths by nearl...
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Arlington Heights author explains COVID-19 to kidsNov 13, 2020 5:00 am - Big topics in the news - like the COVID-19 pandemic - may not be the easiest to explain to our youngest families members, but it's what an Arlington Heights resident has...
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District 25 sets Jan. 19 as return-to-school date, if metrics improveNov 13, 2020 4:30 am - Despite surging COVID-19 cases in the region, Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 school board members on Thursday set Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 as the date to return ...
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With COVID-19 surging, schools suspend in-person educationNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state spiking to record levels, bus drivers and teachers in quarantine, students getting sick and the holidays looming, S...
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No start date set, but District 73 readying for hybrid modelNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - A hybrid learning model has been approved for students in Hawthorn Elementary District 73, but the move will be subject to health parameters and no starting date has bee...
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Driver's license offices will be closed Tuesday through Dec. 6Nov 13, 2020 12:00 am - All Illinois driver's license offices will be closed starting Tuesday because of the worsening COVID-19 pandemic. In an announcement on social media, Secretary of State ...
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Editorial: Change in way state reports COVID-19 cases cause for concernNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois' COVID-19 numbers have taken an alarming turn in recent days - and not just because of the very real spike in cases. Rising numbers are a continuing source of c...
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Cook County issues 30-day stay-at-home advisory as new COVID-19 cases top 15,000Nov 13, 2020 12:00 am - New COVID-19 cases spiked to a record 15,415 Friday as Cook County leaders advised suburban residents to stay at home when possible to reduce virus spread and as three s...
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District 211 plans 3-week pause from in-person learningNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 will take a three-week pause from its hybrid attendance model and return to all-remote learning from Monday, Nov. 16, throug...