Articles filed under Health Crises
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Maine West grads, teachers don't mind a little rain on their paradeMay 17, 2020 1:00 am - It didn't matter that it rained on Maine West High School's graduation parade. Hundreds of seniors still drove past nearly 80 teachers lining the entrance of the Des Pla...
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State reports 1,734 new COVID-19 cases, 51 additional deathsMay 17, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Sunday that 1,734 additional COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the state and 51 more people have died from the cor...
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May 17 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeMay 17, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Since the outbreak began, there have been 47,593 cases of COVID-19 in the suburbs, about 51% of the state's total, according to the Illinois ...
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Editorial: Pritzker must rally support behind pandemic planMay 16, 2020 3:00 pm - Living and working as we do in Chicago's suburbs, as you do, we are sympathetic to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's emergency directive and to the state's conservative economic reop...
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The limits of smartphone data are on display as the country seeks to reopenMay 16, 2020 6:19 am - Federal and state officials are using smartphone location data to inform what amounts to a high-stakes public health experiment in reopening the economy while a lethal p...
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Coronavirus antibodies used in two new waysMay 16, 2020 6:00 am - Q: I heard on the news about a coronavirus medicine made with blood from people who were sick and got better. But my husband says it's actually a blood test to see if so...
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A song to make you smile: 'Black Water' in isolationMay 16, 2020 5:30 am - We're trying to inject a little positivity in the paper (and on dailyherald.com) with a daily "Song to Make You Smile." It's designed to help lift you out of your corona...
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Elgin church won't reopen Sunday, threatens suit over COVID-19 shutdownMay 16, 2020 1:00 am - The Northwest Bible Baptist Church near Elgin announced it will not hold services on Sunday after receiving a letter Friday afternoon from the Kane County state's attorn...
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What's in store for boys gymnastics in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemicMay 16, 2020 1:00 am - This wasn't the way that Rob Defano imagined 34 years coming to an end. "It's very somber," Defano said. "But the crazy things that are happening in the world are changi...
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Agency's request to Pritzker on Restore Illinois plan 'softened'May 16, 2020 1:00 am - A potential request to reduce a standard for moving from one phase to the next of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Restore Illinois plan was not included in a letter to him from an ...