Articles filed under Health Crises
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DuPage County doles out $7.6 million in federal COVID-19 moneySep 09, 2020 1:00 am - Townships, nonprofit organizations and small businesses in DuPage County will receive roughly $7.6 million in federal money to provide residents relief from the impacts ...
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Parents, students rally to reopen Algonquin District 300 to in-person learningSep 09, 2020 1:00 am - Saying that remote learning has not been successful, a group of concerned parents and students from Algonquin-based Community Community Unit District 300 rallied outside...
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56 new COVID-19 cases in Glenview and Northbrook in past week; no new deathsSep 09, 2020 1:00 am - Fifty-six new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past week in Glenview and Northbrook, but there were no new deaths, Cook County public health and medical examiner's...
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ECC Foundation aims to raise $100k for Student Success FundSep 08, 2020 11:00 pm - With the start of the fall 2020 semester, the Elgin Community College Foundation is launching the Student Success Fund, an initiative meant to provide relief funding to ...
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Companies testing vaccines pledge safety, high standardsSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - The top executives of nine drugmakers likely to produce the first vaccines against the new coronavirus signed an unprecedented pledge meant to boost public confidence in...
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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine study paused after one illnessSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine candidate are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a recipient's 'œpotentially unexplained'ť ill...
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Doctors studying why obesity may be tied to serious COVID-19Sep 08, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In the early days of the pandemic, doctors noticed something about the people severely ill from COVID-19: Many were obese. The link became more apparent...
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Mundelein sisters helping others with mask-decorating businessSep 08, 2020 5:30 am - Two young Mundelein sisters have turned an artistic activity designed to beat the tedium of their COVID-19 quarantine into a business that ultimately helps people in nee...
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As of Sept. 8, COVID-19 case counts per county, per ZIP codeSep 08, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 117,387 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 46.5% of the state's total, according to the Il...
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Bradley quarantines entire student bodySep 08, 2020 1:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. — Bradley University is requiring its entire student body to quarantine for two weeks because of clusters of COVID-19 on campus and is reverting to remote l...