Articles filed under Health Crises
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Schaumburg Boomers host Breast Cancer Awareness NightJul 30, 2018 1:00 am - The Schaumburg Boomers will host Breast Cancer Awareness Night Tuesday, July 31, presented by Women's HealthFirst as the team plays its 2017 championship series rival, t...
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Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in MundeleinJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Mosquitoes caught in a trap in Mundelein have tested positive for West Nile virus, officials announced Friday. The infected insects were trapped near the old village hal...
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Congo confirms end of latest deadly Ebola outbreakJul 24, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus is over, the health ministry announced Tuesday, after a speedy response to limit its spread in r...
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Doctors: Woman likely spread Ebola a year after infectionJul 23, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A Liberian woman who probably caught Ebola in 2014 may have infected three relatives a year after she first fell sick, doctors reported in a study publishe...
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Man with measles visited Mt. Prospect storeJul 23, 2018 1:00 am - An alert has been issued about a measles exposure after a Cook County resident carrying the illness visited a Mount Prospect grocery store, the Cook County Department of...
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Wauconda trustees divided on increasing minimum age for buying cigarettesJul 17, 2018 1:00 am - This story has been updated to correct the date of the next meeting. Wauconda trustees are split over whether the town should increase the minimum age for buyin...
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McDonald's pulls salads after illness sickens 90 across IllinoisJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - An outbreak of foodborne illness has sickened about 90 people in Illinois, with some cases linked to McDonald's salads, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Thu...
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9 cases of Legionnaires' reported in McHenry CountyJul 11, 2018 1:00 am - Health officials in McHenry County are investigating several cases of Legionnaires' disease that occurred between June 7 and July 1. Nine people became ill at different ...
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West Nile virus detected in Lake CountyJul 03, 2018 1:00 am - A batch of mosquitoes sampled June 28 in Highland Park has tested positive for West Nile virus, the first confirmed indicator of the year in Lake County. According to th...
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Flu likely passed to fair visitor from pig, officials sayJul 02, 2018 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Officials say a visitor at an Indiana county fair caught the flu from an animal, probably a pig. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say i...