Articles filed under Health Crises
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'It brought me back to 40 years ago': Phil's Beach reopens in WaucondaJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - It wasn't her plan, but Cindy Reilly was so early getting to the newly reopened Phil's Beach in Wauconda on Wednesday morning that she became the first customer through ...
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Driver's license expirations extended until Nov. 1Jul 08, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Expiration dates for driver's licenses, identification cards and license plate stickers have been extended one more month to Nov. 1, Illinois Secretary of ...
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Window into virus surge: Death, recovery at Houston hospitalJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - HOUSTON - A few weeks after more than 100 people attended her husband's funeral, the widow herself was on the brink of death. Her oxygen levels had fallen deadly low due...
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Home of the Sparrow's online auction opens July 13Jul 07, 2020 11:00 pm - While the world may be on pause, homelessness does not stop. Neither does the work Home of the Sparrow does to provide families with shelter, affordable housing, case ma...
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Health panel may open lung cancer screening to more smokersJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - A U.S. health panel wants to widen the number of Americans offered yearly scans for lung cancer by opening the screening to less-heavy smokers. Lung cancer is the nation...
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Three Lake Zurich sports camps on hold after athletes test positive for COVID-19Jul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Three Lake Zurich District 95 sports camps have been put on hold through at least the end of the week after “a number of families” reported that their students on the fo...
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37 more dead from COVID-19 as Pritzker announces new federal aid for hospitalsJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials announced Tuesday that 37 more Illinois residents have died from COVID-19 and 587 more were infected. That brings the state's death toll to 7,063 ...
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July 7 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 75,710 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday, 51% of the state's total, accordi...
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DeVos rejects part-time reopening for schools amid pandemicJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday assailed plans by some local districts to offer in-person instruction only a few days a week and said schools must be "fully o...
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Hoffman Estates cancels remaining fests, live events for 2020Jul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates officials are canceling all remaining special events and festivals for 2020 due to lingering COVID-19 precautions, with the exception of those that can b...