Articles filed under Health Crises
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Schaumburg postpones Volunteer of the Year LuncheonMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - The village of Schaumburg's April 7 Volunteer of the Year Luncheon at Chandler's Chophouse & Grill has been postponed until further notice. The village has extended the ...
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Nets' Durant tests positive for coronavirus, feels fineMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - Four members of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team, including superstar Kevin Durant, have tested positive for the coronavirus, just days after the NBA halted play to hel...
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Blood bank calls for donationsMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - Versiti Blood Center of Illinois is calling on healthy people to donate blood to help counteract a decline in donations during the past week because of concerns about th...
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Trump wants quick checks sent to public in virus responseMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is asking Congress to unleash a torrent of emergency economic aid to help people through the financial pain of the coronavirus crisis...
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Elk Grove Village closes government officesMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village officials closed village hall to the public effective Tuesday, and encouraged residents and businesses who need to do business with the village to do s...
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Hundreds of cancellations at Midway Airport after tower technicians contract coronavirusMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - Flights are operating at a reduced rate at Midway International Airport after authorities closed its air traffic control tower when several technicians tested positive T...
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First coronavirus death in Illinois; 22 cases at DuPage County nursing homeMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday announced the state's first COVID-19 death, of a Chicago woman in her 60s, and an outbreak in a nursing home in Willowbrook. The number of ...
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Mundelein's village hall is closed to the publicMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - Mundelein's village hall is closed to the public, effective immediately, through April 20. Water bill payments and building permits can be delivered via the drop box nea...
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Buffalo Grove orders public places closed after employees potentially exposed to COVID-19Mar 17, 2020 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove Village President Beverly Sussman issued an executive order Tuesday closing all places of "public assemblage," a day after officials learned that village e...
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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson released from hospital, still self-quarantinedMar 16, 2020 11:00 pm - Actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, have been released from a hospital in Australia after revealing last week that they both tested positive for the novel coronav...