Articles filed under Health Crises
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Kane County opens up millions in COVID-19 grants for local businesses, non-profitsAug 26, 2020 5:20 am - Up to $10 million in federal grants for Kane County businesses and not-for-profit organizations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are now available. The county board ap...
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Plan to allow fans at Arlington Park would require masks, staggered entry timesAug 26, 2020 1:00 am - Still awaiting approval to welcome back some spectators in an abbreviated live racing season, Arlington International Racecourse on Wednesday announced some of the propo...
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DuPage program to help schools with remote learningAug 26, 2020 1:00 am - The DuPage County Board has agreed to spend $1.5 million to provide low-income students with internet service. Under an agreement approved by the board Tuesday, school d...
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56 new COVID-19 cases in Glenview and Northbrook in past week; no new deathsAug 26, 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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Labor Day fireworks canceled in Glen EllynAug 26, 2020 1:00 am - Glen Ellyn will have to wait until 2021 for a summer fireworks show. The village's Fourth of July committee initially proposed rescheduling the Independence Day display ...
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2,157 new COVID-19 cases; death toll of 37 highest since July 7Aug 26, 2020 1:00 am - New COVID-19 infections surged Wednesday with 2,157 more cases, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported, along with 37 additional deaths from the virus. That'...
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UN cautions that virus plasma treatment still experimentalAug 25, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization on Monday cautioned that using blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors to treat other patients is still considered an experiment...
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'Pandemic pods' give kids space to learn, playAug 25, 2020 5:30 am - Monday marked the first day of school for thousands of students across the suburbs who are starting the new year the way they ended the last one: virtually. But rather t...
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Naperville Park District offering modified in-person programs this fallAug 25, 2020 5:30 am - With Naperville-area students set to begin remote learning next week, the park district has shifted its in-person programming to support virtual education and modified r...
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Constable: Are the End Times here? Well, no, says biblical scholarAug 25, 2020 5:30 am - A fridge-sized asteroid hurtles toward Earth as we cope with a pandemic, horrific storms, racial atrocities, wildfires, violence and political pandemonium. "We are at th...