Articles filed under Health Crises
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Bluff City Cemetery Walk goes online SundaySep 25, 2020 1:00 am - The 33rd Annual Bluff City Cemetery Walk will be a walk in name only this year. Due to COVID-19 safety concerns for attendees and actors, organizers decided in July to ...
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'I wish we could play': Student-athletes, parents rally in PalatineSep 25, 2020 1:00 am - It wasn't exactly Friday Night Lights. But there was a spirit of camaraderie as parents and high school athletes brought flashlights and gathered at Ost Field in Palatin...
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District 21 elementary students will be able to return to schools Oct. 5Sep 25, 2020 1:00 am - Elementary school students in Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 will be able to return for daily, in-person instruction as soon as Monday, Oct. 5, district offici...
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Illinois records 25 more COVID-19 deaths, another 2,514 infectedSep 25, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials reported 25 more COVID-19 deaths today, as well as 2,514 more new cases of the disease. That brings the state's death toll to 8,563 since the outb...
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How can I tell the difference between the flu and COVID-19?Sep 24, 2020 7:00 am - How can I tell the difference between the flu and COVID-19? It's impossible to tell without a test. Influenza and COVID-19 have such similar symptoms, you may need to ge...
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Some Dist. 214, Dist. 25 students could be back in school week of Oct. 12Sep 24, 2020 1:00 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 and one of its largest feeder districts on Thursday revealed plans to bring back some students to schools as soon as the week...
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Illinois hospitalizations for COVID-19 spike to highest number since mid-JuneSep 24, 2020 1:00 am - The number of patients in Illinois hospitals with COVID-19 hit 1,713 as of Wednesday night, the highest number since mid-June, the Illinois Department of Public Health r...
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Kane County health webinar on Oct. 8Sep 24, 2020 1:00 am - The Kane County Health Department's Kane Health Counts Chronic Disease Action Team will present a free Zoom online webinar called "Maintaining Your Health During a Pande...
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Fraud, backlogs disrupt U.S. unemployment benefit paymentsSep 24, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Many American workers applying for unemployment benefits after being thrown out of a job by the coronavirus face a new complication: States' efforts to prev...
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COVID-19: 38 new cases in Glenview and 30 in NorthbrookSep 24, 2020 1:00 am - Sixty-eight new cases of COVID-19 were reported the past week in Glenview and Northbrook, but there were no new deaths, according to the Illinois Department of Public He...