Articles filed under Health Crises
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Carmel baseball player Meriel produces after allMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - A baseball player seeks a hit. Just one hit will no doubt suffice for Carmel Catholic's Ryne Meriel. There is no high school baseball season this spring due to the COVID...
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160 new deaths bring state's COVID-19 toll past 5,000; contact tracing ramping upMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that the state announced 160 more deaths Wednesday. The state's death toll from COVID-19 infections surpassed ...
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Kane County may buy $5 million worth of masks, gloves and sanitizer for residentsMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - Kane County residents soon may receive free masks, gloves and hand sanitizer, if officials approve a $5 million plan to buy the personal protective equipment. The initia...
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Raffle will aid small businesses in LibertyvilleMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - A relief effort headed by MainStreet Libertyville will benefit downtown businesses affected by mandatory COVID-19 closures. More than 50 participating retailers, restaur...
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New Naperville choir charity takes 'Road Show' to virtual realmMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - Their favorite place to perform was at nursing homes, but that was before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Now, the roughly 40 members of the new Naperville nonprofit o...
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American virus deaths at 100,000: What does a number mean?May 27, 2020 1:00 am - The fraught, freighted number of this particular American moment is a round one brimming with zeroes: 100,000. A hundred thousands. A thousand hundreds. Five thousand sc...
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How We Got The Story: The frustrations, challenges of covering the governor's COVID-19 briefingsMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - For nearly three months, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been providing almost daily updates about the state's battle against the spread of the COVID-19 infection. Repor...
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Two horse racing tracks at the starting gates, but will Arlington scratch?May 27, 2020 1:00 am - It'll be post time for live horse racing without spectators at two of Illinois' three racetracks as soon as next week, but some fear the third - Arlington International ...
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U.S. on cusp of marking at least 100,000 deaths from virusMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The United States was on the cusp of marking at least 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus, a once-unthinkable toll that now appears to be just the beginning...
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Plan for resuming high school sports reportedly submitted by IHSAMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois High School Association has submitted a plan to state health officials about the next steps toward resuming high school sports, Craig Anderson, the associat...