Articles filed under Health Crises
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Children's museum posts learn-at-home resourcesApr 08, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage Children's Museum invites families to explore creativity and curiosity during the stay-at-home order by using its new community of online resources, "Play to Lear...
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What others are writing about COVID-19Apr 08, 2020 1:00 am - Why Some COVID-19 Patients Crash: The Body's Immune System Might Be To Blame Doctors have seen a tragic pattern in some of the worst COVID-19 cases where the patien...
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You have to throw out (and not recycle) gloves, masks properly, too, for everyone's healthApr 08, 2020 1:00 am - Discarded masks and gloves littering parking lots and streets are becoming an unsightly, and potentially harmful, consequence of people trying to be safe during the pand...
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Preckwinkle self-isolating after security staffer tests positive for COVID-19Apr 08, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will self-isolate until the end of the day Friday, after a member of her security detail tested positive for COVID-19, she a...
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'Full circle': McCormick Place turns into field hospital a century after namesake survived flu pandemicApr 08, 2020 1:00 am - Col. Robert R. McCormick kept a diary during World War I that sounds eerily familiar. Fearful his notes could fall into enemy hands, he didn't write much about plans for...
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DC fights to enforce distancing and braces for looming surgeApr 08, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Pick-up basketball games. Crowds gathering at an outdoor fish market. Family hikes along trails in Rock Creek Park. The warmer weather is bringing violation...
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Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reductionApr 08, 2020 1:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. - Just weeks ago, cities and even states across the U.S. were busy banning straws, limiting takeout containers and mandating that shoppers bring reusable ...
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Windy City Bulls T-shirts support Schaumburg Township Food PantryApr 08, 2020 1:00 am - The Windy City Bulls, the official NBA G-League affiliate of the Chicago Bulls, have partnered with Hoffman Estates-based screen printer Blink Tees to produce a limited ...
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COVID-19 death of wildlife center veterinarian 'such a huge loss'Apr 08, 2020 1:00 am - Countless animal lovers from around the Chicago area, along with family and friends, have been mourning the loss of Dr. Peter Sakas, a veterinarian who played a major ro...
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Schaumburg Library services remain accessible onlineApr 08, 2020 1:00 am - While the Schaumburg Township District Library's buildings in Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates and Hanover Park are closed due to COVID-19, the library's executive director i...