Articles filed under Health Crises
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FDA halts use of antibody drugs that don't work vs. omicronJan 24, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - COVID-19 antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly should no longer be used because they don't work against the omicron variant that now accounts for...
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Extra cash for low-income mothers may influence baby brainsJan 24, 2022 6:00 am - New research suggests giving extra cash to low-income mothers can change their infants' brain development. Brain measurements at age 1 showed faster activity in key brai...
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2 years ago, Illinois' first COVID-19 case was diagnosed. 2.8 million (and counting) followed.Jan 24, 2022 4:30 am - It's now been two years since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Illinois. A Chicago woman who had just returned from Wuhan, China, on Jan. 13, 2020, began exhi...
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More migrants seek asylum through reopened Canadian borderJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (AP) - Whenever a bus arrives at the Greyhound station in Plattsburgh, New York, a small band of taxi drivers waits to drive passengers on a half-hour tr...
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China tests 2 million in Beijing, lifts COVID lockdown in Xi'anJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Less than two weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics, a few dozen COVID-19 cases in Beijing have prompted authorities to test millions of people ...
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WHO chief warns against talk of 'endgame' in pandemicJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - GENEVA - The World Health Organization's director-general on Monday warned that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and it's dangerous to ass...
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Court weighing whether to block school COVID mitigations statewideJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A Sangamon County judge is considering a motion to block Illinois schools from requiring people to wear masks in classes and excluding students and staff m...
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COVID-19 test chain did provide results in Illinois, but not in Minnesota, officials sayJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - Unlike its Minnesota counterpart, the Illinois Department of Public Health has received COVID-19 test results from a suburban company accused of mishandling crucial viru...
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State surpasses 30,000 COVID-19 deaths even as new cases, hospitalizations decreaseJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue a welcome downslide, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Monday. However, the state reached a sobering mile...
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Pritzker compromise would give teachers extra sick leave for COVID-19 - if they are vaccinatedJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed a bill Monday that would have required COVID-19 related paid leave for teachers and staff at public schools and universities in favor of a new ...