Articles filed under Health Crises
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A mild US flu season is waning, but is it really over?Feb 18, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This winter's mild flu season has faded to a trickle of cases in much of the U.S., but health officials aren't ready to call it over. Since the beginning...
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WHO says polio detected in Malawi in setback to eradicationFeb 18, 2022 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The World Health Organization said authorities in Malawi have detected a case of polio in the southern African country's capital, another setback in ...
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District 211 parents, student tell of bullying but also respect since going mask-optionalFeb 18, 2022 4:00 am - On a day that didn't bring an expected Illinois appellate court ruling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker's school mask mandate, some people still addressed the issue during the publ...
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Kane Co. health official asks business leaders to welcome masks after mandateFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - The looming end of COVID-19 mandates in Illinois means it's time for Kane County residents and local businesses to take a hard look at what level of risk they are comfor...
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Appellate court rules school mask mandate expired; Pritzker plans state Supreme Court appealFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - A downstate appellate court has ruled the state's indoor mask requirement in schools has expired and therefore an appeal of a temporary restraining order barring schools...
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Canadian police arrest 70 protesters in Ottawa crackdownFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - OTTAWA, Ontario - Police began arresting scores of demonstrators and towing away vehicles Friday in Canada's besieged capital, and a stream of trucks started leaving und...
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Illinois averaging fewer than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases dailyFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois is averaging 2,985 new COVID-19 a day over the past week. It's the first time the state's seven-day rolling new case average has dropped below 3,000 since Nov. ...
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State officials: Bird flu found at 3rd Indiana turkey farmFeb 17, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A strain of avian flu has been found at a third commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana, state officials said Thursday. Laboratory testing of a c...
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CDC: NYC anime convention did not spread omicron widelyFeb 17, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - When a person tested positive for omicron after attending an anime convention in New York City late last year, health officials raced to determine if the...
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FDA: Do not use recalled infant formulas tied to infectionsFeb 17, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials warned parents on Thursday not to use three popular powdered infant formulas manufactured at an Abbott plant in Michigan that inv...