Articles filed under Health Crises
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Ask the Doctors: What are viruses, and how do they work?Apr 04, 2020 6:00 am - Q: Everybody is talking about the coronavirus right now, but I still don't really know what a virus is. How do they work? Why don't antibiotics kill them? A: You're far ...
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Coronavirus survivor: 'In my blood, there may be answers'Apr 04, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Tiffany Pinckney remembers the fear when COVID-19 stole her breath. So when she recovered, the New York City mother became one of the country's first survivor...
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Constable: Treating COVID-19 'like nothing I've ever seen,' Hinsdale doctor saysApr 04, 2020 6:00 am - At the start of a normal week, Dr. Christopher O'Connor of Hinsdale would be in an operating room at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, taking care of a patient ...
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Vernon Hills novelty company donates N95 masks, toys to hospitals, first respondersApr 04, 2020 1:00 am - A Vernon Hills novelty company has been donating hundreds of N95 face masks to area hospitals, suburban police and a senior living home, as well as toys for kids in the ...
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No spring sports has financial implications on athletic departmentsApr 04, 2020 1:00 am - While the lack of spring sports has saved money at most area high schools, the net cost is an incalculable number. The unprecedented situation brought on by the COVID-19...
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Contagious singing as Corona Community Chorus unites voicesApr 04, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: While nonstop global news about the effects of the coronavirus have become commonplace, so, too, are the stories about the kindness of strangers and i...
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Batavia family hopes to spread love with light displayApr 04, 2020 1:00 am - This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Brett Foy's name. It's crunchtime for the Foy household in Batavia. For the last three weeks, Brett Foy and ...
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Move to Saint Xavier has been successful one for Larkin grad IrvinApr 04, 2020 1:00 am - Change can be good sometimes, and unsettling at others. Just ask Corry Irvin. Irvin, nee Carter, established herself as one of the top high school girls basketball coach...
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How suburban faithful will observe a virtual Easter, Passover, RamadanApr 04, 2020 1:00 am - In nearly 25 years, Krys Tischer rarely missed daily communion services or Sunday Mass at Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church in Arlington Heights. Now, she's on COV...
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33 new Illinois COVID-19 deaths, 1,453 new cases - bringing total cases above 10,000Apr 04, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials on Saturday announced 33 new coronavirus deaths and 1,453 more cases, bringing the total of confirmed cases in Illinois above 10,000 for the first...