Articles filed under Health Crises
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Constable: Cancer devastating, but truth, love, humor keep her groundedApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - During her ambulance ride to the hospital near her home in Seattle, Katie Weber makes a phone call to her parents, Stephen and Charlotte Weber, in Arlington Heights. "Do...
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Expert: Food deserts in black communities partly explain coronavirus vulnerabilityApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - Lack of access to healthy foods and grocery stores in impoverished communities is one reason African Americans have a higher propensity for chronic illnesses, experts sa...
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Where you can watch Easter servicesApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's "stay at home" order means churches are living streaming their Easter services. Here are some of the suburban churches that are streaming ser...
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Next potential shortage: Drugs needed to run ventilatorsApr 10, 2020 7:00 am - New York (AP) - As hospitals scour the country for scarce ventilators to treat critically ill patients stricken by the new coronavirus, pharmacists are beginning to soun...
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1st results in on Gilead coronavirus drug; more study neededApr 10, 2020 7:00 am - More than half of a group of severely ill coronavirus patients improved after receiving an experimental antiviral drug, although there's no way to know the odds of that ...
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Industry scrambles to stop fatal bird flu in South CarolinaApr 10, 2020 7:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An infectious and fatal strain of bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in South Carolina, the first case of the more serious ...
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New Ebola case in Congo, days before outbreak's expected endApr 10, 2020 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - A new case of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in eastern Congo, just three days before the country expected to declare an end to the outbreak, the ...
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Nurses weigh their principles vs safety in virus fightApr 10, 2020 7:00 am - Paramedics rushed another critical COVID-19 patient into the emergency room, and Chicago nurse Cynthia Riemer felt her adrenaline kick in. 'œYour heart starts racing,'ť...
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Family does drive-by parade for Vernon Hills WWII vet's birthdayApr 10, 2020 6:00 am - Lawrence "Larry" Gregory's family planned a big party for the World War II veteran, who fought in the battle for Okinawa, the last campaign of the war, in which 49,000 A...
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With academies closed, arrival of needed rookie cops is on holdApr 10, 2020 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas copsandcrime@dailyherald.com Elburn Police Chief Nick Sikora had hoped to have a new police officer working for him by now. That'...