Articles filed under Health Crises
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Illinois EPA tackling next vaping problem: toxic wasteFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As people worry about the negative effects that electronic cigarettes and vaping pens may have on users' health, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agen...
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Before the crash, unbridled optimism put the bull market at riskFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - It's a shocking stat: for stocks, the fastest correction ever. Can it be true that in a century spanning the Great Depression and Financial Crisis, investors have never ...
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Coronavirus fear drops stocks to 4-month low; bonds jumpFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Fear over the economic fallout from the spreading coronavirus continued to rattle global markets, sending U.S. equities to a seventh straight loss and sparking demand fo...
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Pritzker says current coronavirus risk low, but public health agencies prepared for possible spreadFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread around the world, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot insisted Friday that state and loc...
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CDC issues guidance to schools, child care providers for handling coronavirusFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued interim guidance for K-12 schools and child care programs on handling the COVID-19 virus after warning co...
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How suburban schools are preparing for the coronavirusFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Cleaning classrooms and monitoring student attendance and sickness are among the precautions suburban school districts and preschools are taking to prepare for a potenti...
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About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey findsFeb 27, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, government researchers said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Pre...
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Personal accounts: How coronavirus affected local travelers in ItalyFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - The coronavirus disease caused changes from small to major for Daily Herald staffers and their family members visiting Italy, where there have been 300 cases and 12 deat...
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New U.S. coronavirus case may be 1st from unknown originFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. - State and federal health officials are trying to locate everyone who came in contact with a northern California woman believed to be the first in th...
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Countries take harsh steps as they struggle to contain virusFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - BANGKOK - Saudi Arabia cut travel to Islam's holiest sites, South Korea toughened penalties for those breaking quarantines and airports across Latin America looked for s...