Articles filed under Health Crises
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More National Guard, state troopers deployed; disaster proclamations in suburbsJun 01, 2020 1:00 am - To combat "an extraordinary and difficult" moment, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday activated 250 additional Illinois National Guard soldiers and 300 Illinois State Police t...
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Lake County Forest Preserve District's dog parks to reopen starting June 8Jun 01, 2020 1:00 am - The Lake County Forest Preserve District's dog exercise areas will begin reopening to the public next week, nearly three months after they were shut down because of the ...
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Nearly 26,000 nursing home deaths reported as lockdowns easeJun 01, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents in the United States have died from COVID-19, according to a report prepared for the nation's governors, a number that ...
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Illinois announces 23 more COVID-19 deaths, 974 new casesJun 01, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials announced Monday that 23 more residents have died as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak, while another 974 are infected with the disease. ...
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June 1 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJun 01, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 62,433 cases in the suburbs, 51.5% of the state's total, according to the Illinois D...
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States, cities plead for virus aid as Congress faces crisesJun 01, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - One small-town Oklahoma mayor testified before Congress she's worried the city's 18-bed hospital can't handle a second COVID-19 wave. Many counties are slas...
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Lake County gets grant for COVID-19 safetyJun 01, 2020 1:00 am - The Lake County Board's health and community services committee will meet remotely Tuesday morning to discuss buying personal protective equipment and making other purch...
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What others are writing about COVID-19Jun 01, 2020 1:00 am - Bioethicist: 'Immunity Passports' Could Do More Harm Than Good The idea is to give people who have survived COVID-19 and test positive for antibodies proof of their "imm...
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Mass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus controlJun 01, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Protests erupting across the nation over the past week - and law enforcement's response to them - are threatening to upend efforts by health officials to trac...
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Benet grad McInerney faces uncertain baseball futureJun 01, 2020 1:00 am - For the last three years Pat McInerney awoke every morning as a professional baseball player. One phone call changed that. The 2013 Benet graduate - a minor-leaguer in t...