Articles filed under Health Crises
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District 225 to begin chats with parent focus groups on return to schoolJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - As the Glenbrook District 225 school board reviewed reopening options for its two schools at a meeting earlier this week, there was one clear goal: Safety for students, ...
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Walmart to require customers to wear masks at all its storesJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam's Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy ...
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Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirusJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - What is this enemy? Seven months after the first patients were hospitalized in China battling an infection doctors had never seen before, the world's scientis...
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McConnell: GOP virus proposal for schools, others out soonJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he'll begin to roll out details of the new COVID-19 relief package to senators as soon as next week and suggeste...
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Lightfoot threatens to tighten restrictions if young people don't get messageJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday returned to the role of the heavy she has played throughout the coronavirus pandemic - warning of a rollback unless young people - who ...
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Wolff's Flea Market says the state is wrong to block its reopeningJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - Wolff's Flea Market, a Northwest suburban staple for pickers, collectors and other thrifters, hasn't received state permission to reopen because, its operators contend, ...
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July 15 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 79,137 cases in the suburbs as of Wednesday, 50.5% of the state's total, ac...
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YMCA pools reopen in Palatine, Naperville, Lake Zurich and Downers GroveJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - Four suburban pools operated by the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago reopened Wednesday for limited use as part of a three-wave, staggered approach with "stringent in-center...
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Rules once lifted are reimposed to try to curb new outbreaksJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - PROMACHONAS, Greece - Countries around the world are reimposing lockdowns and implementing new health checks at their borders in an effort to curb a resurgence of the co...
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District 300 releases plan for fall school reopeningJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 leaders plan to reopen schools to in-person instruction starting Aug. 13, with some scheduling modifications, remote learning...