Articles filed under Health Crises
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Fears of 'Wild West' as COVID-19 blood tests hit the marketApr 12, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Blood tests for the coronavirus could play a key role in deciding whether millions of Americans can safely return to work and school. But public healt...
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A song to make you smile: 'Beat It' by Michael JacksonApr 12, 2020 7:00 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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How to support health care workers battling COVID-19Apr 12, 2020 6:00 am - The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life for everyone, but — aside from coronavirus patients and their families — no one more so than health care professionals. Like firef...
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Bending the curve? Pritzker offers glimmer of hope as COVID-19 cases top 20,000Apr 12, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker offered a glimmer of hope Sunday in the state's battle with COVID-19, reporting that the daily death toll from the virus was its lowest in six days wh...
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Lincolnshire board meets MondayApr 12, 2020 1:00 am - The Lincolnshire village board will meet Monday night to discuss extending Mayor Elizabeth Brandt's emergency declaration for the coronavirus crisis and other business. ...
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Hoffman Estates treading warily with planned street improvementsApr 12, 2020 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates officials expect to play it by ear with their $7 million street revitalization program this year, despite the now dated commitment to move forward with i...
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April 12 COVID-19 cases per county, some towns and how to search by ZIP codeApr 12, 2020 1:00 am - Search by ZIP code • Visit bit.ly/abc7virusbyzipcode. Cook County • As of Sunday, suburban Cook County had 6,082 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 218 de...
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Gurnee Mills artist creates 'funny and cute' caricature video on COVID-19Apr 11, 2020 11:00 pm - CHICAGO, IL, (April 12, 2020) - When her children asked "Why can't we go to the park or see our friends anymore?" a Chicago mother, Marta Sytniewski decided to draw Fun...
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Some doctors moving away from ventilators for virus patientsApr 11, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing ma...
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Congo, weary from Ebola, must also battle the coronavirusApr 11, 2020 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - Congo has been battling an Ebola outbreak that has killed thousands of people for more than 18 months, and now it must also face a new scourge: the co...