Articles filed under Health Crises
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New Illinois COVID-19 cases top 2,000 for 3rd day in a rowSep 26, 2020 1:00 am - After running around 1,500 new positive COVID-19 cases a day for the first four days of the week, new cases climbed well above 2,000 for the third day in a row Saturday....
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Illinois COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Sept. 25Sep 26, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive mapFind an interactive map where you can search counts by ZIP code at dailyherald.com. Suburbs' portion There have been 128,807 COVID-19 cases...
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First man cured of HIV infection now has terminal cancerSep 25, 2020 7:00 am - Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV infection, says he is now terminally ill from a recurrence of the cancer that prompted his historic t...
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NIU to resume face-to-face classes Monday as 15 more COVID-19 cases reported FridaySep 25, 2020 1:00 am - DeKALB - Northern Illinois University President Lisa Freeman announced a return to face-to-face classes beginning Monday amid 15 new cases on campus Friday. "Face-to-fac...
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Mobile testing in Kane CountySep 25, 2020 1:00 am - A mobile testing unit managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health will return to Kane County next week to provide COVID-19 tests to the community, the county hea...
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Aurora extends trick-or-treat hours so kids can spread out on HalloweenSep 25, 2020 1:00 am - Aurora children will have 90 more minutes to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, Mayor Richard Irvin announced Friday. "We hope that this will spread out the number of tr...
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China aims to make 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses a yearSep 25, 2020 1:00 am - BEIJING - A Chinese health official said Friday that the country's annual production capacity for coronavirus vaccines will top 1 billion doses next year, following an a...
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Crystal Lake High School District 155 plans to go hybrid Oct. 13Sep 25, 2020 1:00 am - Students at Crystal Lake High School District 155 are set to go to a hybrid learning schedule Oct. 13, pending school board approval with the eventual goal to have all s...
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Congressional candidates for 10th District support expanded mail-in votingSep 25, 2020 1:00 am - In light of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, both candidates for Illinois' 10th Congressional District seat support expanding mail-in voting. But to prevent fraud, Republica...
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Hanover Township hosts COVID test site Sept. 28-29Sep 25, 2020 1:00 am - Hanover Township will host an Illinois Department of Public Health COVID-19 mobile testing unit from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28 and Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the W...