Articles filed under Health Crises
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Students in Lisle university's China program fight coronavirus from front linesMar 03, 2020 12:00 am - The students in a master's of public health program run by Benedictine University in China usually get an internship at a health center or government agency. This sprin...
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Sign up for our new Coronavirus newsletterMar 03, 2020 12:00 am - The Daily Herald today has launched a weekly coronavirus newsletter to keep readers up to date on the spread of the virus globally, in the United States and in the subur...
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Feder: Four ABC 7 employees stay home after possible coronavirus exposureMar 03, 2020 12:00 am - Four employees of WLS-Channel 7 were kept away from work Tuesday out of concern they may have been exposed to the coronavirus, officials of the ABC-owned station confirm...
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DON'T buy face masks unless you have COVID-19! What you should really buy and doMar 03, 2020 12:00 am - Federal authorities say in preparing for a possible coronavirus outbreak, people should have a two-week supply of food and water — not corner the market on canned foods ...
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Patient at University of Chicago hospital tests negative for coronavirusMar 03, 2020 12:00 am - University of Chicago Medical Center officials said Tuesday night that tests on a patient they feared would be the state's fifth person to be diagnosed with the COVID-19...
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New US guidelines urge a hepatitis C check for most adultsMar 02, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Most American adults need to be checked for hepatitis C, say guidelines released Monday that urge millions more people to get screened for the liver-da...
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Coronavirus: What O'Hare, Metra, CTA are doing amid COVID-19 fearsMar 02, 2020 4:30 am - The idea of a coronavirus outbreak shutting down airports, trains and buses — as occurred in Wuhan, China, in January — seems improbable in the suburbs. But as the world...
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What suburban hospitals are doing to prepare for coronavirus patientsMar 02, 2020 4:30 am - With a married couple from Chicago having been successfully treated for coronavirus infection at Amita St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, hospitals in the su...
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Live4Lali launches 'Stigma Crusher' outreach truck to help fight opioid crisisMar 02, 2020 12:00 am - Arlington Heights-based Live4Lali on Monday officially launched a mobile harm reduction program, the nonprofit's latest effort to battle the opioid crisis and help those...
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Pritzker: Suburban husband and wife with coronavirus in good conditionMar 02, 2020 12:00 am - A husband and wife in their 70s recently diagnosed with the coronavirus are in good condition, with the man in isolation at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Hei...