Articles filed under Health Crises
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Bears clear NFL's COVID protocol, plan to practice Friday at Halas HallNov 05, 2020 12:00 am - The Bears have been cleared by the NFL to resume full activities at Halas Hall in Lake Forest on Friday. The team will continue under the league's intensive protocol, me...
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Elgin to host mobile COVID-19 testing site SaturdayNov 05, 2020 12:00 am - There will be a mobile COVID-19 testing site from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Elgin Township Government Building, 729 S. McLean Blvd. No appointments, insu...
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U.S. sets record for cases amid election battle over virusNov 05, 2020 12:00 am - New confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. have climbed to an all-time high of more than 86,000 per day on average, in a glimpse of the worsening crisis that lie...
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Asia Today: South Korea OKs single test for COVID-19 and fluNov 04, 2020 6:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Health officials in South Korea have approved a new test that's designed to detect both COVID-19 and seasonal influenza from the same samples, ...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations continue 'alarming increase'Nov 04, 2020 12:00 am - With 167 more hospitalized for COVID-19 Wednesday, Illinois has 3,761 patients in the hospital for the disease - a figure that has more than doubled in less than a month...
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COVID-19 testing in Lake, McHenry counties this weekendNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health this weekend will have mobile teams providing free COVID-19 testing at locations in Lake and McHenry counties. Times and locatio...
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213 new COVID-19 cases in Glenview, Northbrook in the past weekNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - An additional 213 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week in Glenview and Northbrook, but there were no new deaths from it, Cook County public health and me...
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Palatine school shuts down in-person learning because of COVID-19 outbreakNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - Gray M. Sanborn Elementary School in Palatine will be closed for 12 days due to an outbreak of COVID-19, officials in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 announced ...
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More Americans on diets from a decade ago, report findsNov 03, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - If it seems like more and more people are on diets these days, you might not be imagining it. A higher percentage of Americans said they're on a special...
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6,516 more COVID-19 cases; 68 new deaths the highest since Oct. 21Nov 03, 2020 12:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 rose by 6,516 Tuesday, reflecting a 46.5% spike since last week, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned local leaders to enforce rules on gatherings or face...