Articles filed under Health Crises
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US suicide rate fell last year after decade of steady riseOct 23, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. suicide rate fell slightly last year, the first annual decline in more than a decade, according to new government data. It's a small decrease an...
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Revenue shortfall due to COVID-19 delays some capital projects, hiring in ItascaOct 23, 2020 5:30 am - Itasca's revenue has dropped roughly $1 million between May and August because of the COVID-19 pandemic, causing the village to delay some capital projects and hiring. L...
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'A shutdown now would be a death sentence': Some suburban restaurants plan to defy closure orderOct 23, 2020 5:30 am - While other nearby restaurants shut their doors to indoor dining Friday, Ki's Steak and Seafood in Glendale Heights will still welcome people in. “We are Americans. We R...
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Indoor dining ban starts in DuPage, Kane, and so does defiance. How about enforcement?Oct 23, 2020 1:00 am - When a Wheaton gym defied Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order in May, local police issued a cease-and-desist order. That didn't mean Brickhaus Fitness immediately s...
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More schools return to remote learning following recommendation from health departmentOct 23, 2020 1:00 am - At least five McHenry County school districts have announced plans to return to or stick with remote learning as a result of an announcement from the health department t...
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Catholic grade schools will start 2021 remotelyOct 23, 2020 1:00 am - Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago will pivot to remote learning for two weeks at the start of 2021. Schools will begin e-learning on Jan. 4 and w...
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Some hospitals in crisis as U.S. nears high for COVID-19 casesOct 23, 2020 1:00 am - BOISE, Idaho - The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign about the disease's grip on the nation,...
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Illinois infection rate dips slightly for first time in 3 weeksOct 23, 2020 1:00 am - The state's COVID-19 infection rate dipped slightly to 5.6% on Friday. The decline, though small, was the first time the state's seven-day average infection rate has dro...
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FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivirOct 22, 2020 7:00 am - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized patients through an IV. The drug, which Ca...
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Bird flu fears: Dutch farms ordered to keep poultry indoorsOct 22, 2020 7:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The Dutch government said Thursday it is ordering poultry farms to keep their birds indoors after six wild swans were found recently dead a...