Articles filed under Health Crises
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Auto show to medical facility in 2 months: How the Illinois National Guard is helping transform McCormick PlaceApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - McCormick Place overflowed with chrome Feb. 8 as consumers kicked tires and attendants buffed spotless hoods at the Chicago Auto Show's opening day. Two months later, th...
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Mount Prospect mayor to those violating stay-at-home order: 'Stop being knuckleheads'Apr 09, 2020 1:00 am - Mount Prospect Mayor Arlene Juracek urged those ignoring the state's stay-at-home order to "stop being knuckleheads out there" and practice social distancing guidelines ...
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Home care business in Naperville making masks, seeking volunteersApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - Assisting Hands Home Care in Naperville is recruiting volunteers to sew masks for medical personnel in Naperville and Downers Grove to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Judge orders new coronavirus safety procedures at Cook County jailApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - A federal judge handed down a series of mandates Thursday designed to help keep Cook County jail inmates safe from the coronavirus, but he ultimately refused to order th...
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Special Barrington Area COVID Response Fund establishedApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - The Barrington Area Community Foundation and the Barrington Area United Way have joined forces to create the Barrington Area COVID Response Fund. Grants from the fund w...
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Rosemont convention center considered a 'last resort' field hospitalApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont has been considered as a possible field hospital that could deal with an overflow of patients, but only as a "last r...
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What others are writing about COVID-19Apr 09, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago's Jail Is Top U.S. Hot Spot as Virus Spreads Behind Bars According to numbers compiled by The New York Times, Cook County jail in Chicago is now the nation'...
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How Rush University Medical Center was designed for a pandemicApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - CHICAGO - As this city braces for April 20, the anticipated peak of coronavirus infections here, doctors and nurses at Rush University Medical Center say they are prepar...
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Humane society finds new twist for fundraiser during pandemicApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - The show must go online. The West Suburban Humane Society in Downers Grove, like everyone during the COVID-19 pandemic, needed to adapt to present its popular Trivia Nig...
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Grayslake arts group to host May Fest online because of COVID-19 concernsApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - After initially canceling the Grayslake Arts Alliance's May Fest because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the group said this week it will go ahead with the event as an online ...