Articles filed under Health Crises
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Doctors finding hurdles to using pills to treat COVID-19Mar 21, 2022 7:00 am - High-risk COVID-19 patients now have new treatments they can take at home to stay out of the hospital - if doctors get the pills to them fast enough. Health systems aro...
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Pritzker: State 'in a good place' with COVID-19 subvariant, but it's closely monitoring trendsMar 21, 2022 1:00 am - With about 25% of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois linked to a highly infectious strain of the virus, health experts are "closely watching" trends although the state is st...
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Rosemont rebates Allstate $1.7 million for arena shutdown during pandemicMar 21, 2022 1:00 am - Two years after the initial stay-at-home orders and ban on large gatherings, Rosemont is rebating Allstate Insurance Co. $1.7 million in naming rights payments for time ...
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Scientists explore potential connection between diabetes and COVID-19Mar 20, 2022 7:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. - When their 11-year-old son started losing weight and drinking lots of water, Tabitha and Bryan Balcitis chalked it up to a growth spurt and advice fr...
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COVID-19 case levels in Illinois stagnate, hospitalizations continue declineMar 18, 2022 1:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois are continuing their steady decline, with 528 patients currently being treated statewide. That's down 21.9% from a week ago, accord...
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Moderna seeks FDA authorization for 4th dose of COVID shotMar 18, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Drugmaker Moderna asked the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to authorize a fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all adults. Th...
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US adult smoking rate fell during first year of pandemicMar 17, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw more Americans drinking heavily or using illicit drugs - but apparently not smoking. U.S. cigarette smoking d...
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More than 30 companies to start making Pfizer's COVID pillMar 17, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Nearly three dozen companies worldwide will soon start making generic versions of Pfizer's coronavirus pill, the U.N.-backed Medicines Patent Pool that neg...
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Big US gene database has volunteers from all walks of lifeMar 17, 2022 7:00 am - Scientists are getting their first peek at the genes of nearly 100,000 Americans in what's considered a uniquely diverse genomic database -- part of a quest to reduce he...
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WHO: New COVID deaths fell 17% last week, but cases risingMar 16, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The number of new coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 17% in the last week while COVID-19 infections rose, reversing a decline in cases that firs...