Articles filed under Health Crises
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Coronavirus tests will be covered by several Illinois health insurance companiesMar 09, 2020 1:00 am - Several Illinois insurance companies have announced they will cover the costs of testing people for the coronavirus. Aetna, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Cigna...
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Pritzker issues disaster proclamation; four new Chicago-area coronavirus patients diagnosedMar 09, 2020 1:00 am - With the state's coronavirus count mounting, Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation for Illinois Monday, which enables it to receive federal funding and resou...
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Coronavirus not slowing early voting, but suburban election officials are taking precautionsMar 09, 2020 1:00 am - Suburban voters haven't been scared away from early voting by coronavirus fears, according to suburban election officials. But that hasn't stopped officials from stockpi...
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Dow drops 2,014 or 7.8%, the worst day since financial crisis in 2008Mar 09, 2020 1:00 am - U.S. stocks plunged more than 7.5% in the worst day on Wall Street since the financial crisis, as a full-blown oil price war rattled financial markets already on edge ov...
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Employers need to stay abreast of coronavirus issuesMar 09, 2020 1:00 am - The past few weeks have been full of stress-inducing news. From the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) to a falling stock market to another violent workplace shooting,...
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Official: White House didn't want to tell seniors not to flyMar 08, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The White House overruled health officials who wanted to recommend that elderly and physically fragile Americans be advised not to fly on commercial airl...
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Behind the scenes, scientists prep for COVID-19 vaccine testMar 08, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A team of scientists jostled for a view of the lab dish, staring impatiently for the first clue that an experimental vaccine against the new coronaviru...
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Illinois ranks among nation's lowest in opioid prescribingMar 08, 2020 6:30 am - Opioid prescribing in Illinois has decreased since 2012 to give the state the ninth-lowest rate in the nation. Doctors across the state wrote 51.1 opioid prescriptions ...
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Illinois sees first community transmission case of coronavirusMar 08, 2020 1:00 am - Health officials said Sunday that a hospitalized Chicago man in his 60s is believed to be Illinois' first community transmission case of COVID-19. The man, in serious co...
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Stop touching my face? Why is this so hard!Mar 07, 2020 5:00 am - Partway through a conversation about simple solutions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a certain reporter caught himself, his hand flitting across his face with...