Articles filed under Health Crises
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Suburban COVID-19 case positivity rate drops below 6%Feb 02, 2022 12:00 am - The collective seven-day case positivity rate for the suburbs has dropped below 6% for the first time since mid-December 2021. That metric is down from 12.1% a week ago,...
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Kaneland school board adjourns early Monday after attendees refuse to wear masksFeb 01, 2022 12:00 am - The Kaneland Unit School District 302 school board adjourned early Monday night after some members of the audience refused to follow the state's indoor masking policy, w...
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Schneider again tests positive for COVID-19Feb 01, 2022 12:00 am - U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday night. "Unfortunately, this evening I had a positive COVID-19 result after proactively taking a rapid a...
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Public health officials renew vaccination push as case surge wanesFeb 01, 2022 12:00 am - Public health officials are once again pushing for greater COVID-19 vaccine uptake as the surge in cases brought on by the omicron variant starts to diminish. Chicago De...
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US gives full approval to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccineJan 31, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health regulators on Monday granted full approval to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, a shot that's already been given to tens of millions of Americans...
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WHO says it's probing alleged racism, abuse by top directorJan 31, 2022 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The head of the World Health Organization says an investigation is underway into alleged reports that the U.N. health agency's top official in the Western ...
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January ends as Illinois' second deadliest month of pandemicJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - Nearly 3,000 COVID-19 deaths were recorded in Illinois in January, making it the second-deadliest month the state has experienced during the pandemic. Illinois Departmen...
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Finns to end virus restrictions next monthJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Finland will end all COVID-19 restrictions next month, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Monday. Marin said her Social Democratic-led government...
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Omicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causesJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - More than a year after a bout with COVID-19, Rebekah Hogan still suffers from severe brain fog, pain and fatigue that leave her unable to do her nursing job or handle ho...
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Skeleton medalist out of Beijing Olympics with virusJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - MOSCOW - Skeleton silver medalist Nikita Tregubov and one of his teammates will miss the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after contracting the coronavirus and other ...