As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in Illinois, Chicago kids get their COVID, flu shots
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Ex-Ald. Ed Burke corruption trial to endure a second, briefer delay due to a lawyer contracting COVID
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St. Louis urges masking up indoors again as COVID, flu cases rise: “This recommendation doesn’t come lightly,” the city's health director said.
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Jury begins deliberations in ex-Ald. Ed Burke corruption case: After five weeks of testimony, early 40 witnesses, more than 100 secret recordings ...
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COVID hospitalizations increase for 6th consecutive week but still at historic lows
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Quick Glance: Continued Increase in COVID Hospitalizations
- COVID hospitalizations continue to rise in the United States, according to CDC data.
- Hospitalizations rose by 18.8% to 15,067, marking the sixth consecutive week of increase.
- COVID metrics remain at historic lows, as stated by public health experts.
- Slight increase in deaths, with approximately 1.7% attributed to COVID.
Free COVID tests available again; Chicago hospitalizations rise: Though Chicago remains at a “low” COVID-19 risk level, the city’s hospitalizations rose 30% last ...
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Walgreens warns of low consumer spending, large drop in COVID sales: Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA.O) on Tuesday warned that lower spending by inflation-weary ...
reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/walgreens-cuts-profit-forecast-lower-covid-vaccine-demand-2023-06-27/
Quick Glance: Walgreens lowers earnings guidance due to decreased demand and Covid decline
- Decreased demand for Covid vaccines and lower consumer spending impact earnings guidance.
- The company is working to increase profitability in the healthcare segment.
- Despite unsatisfactory results, Brewer sees the right strategy for future growth at Walgreens.
- Walgreens booked a net profit of $118 million in the last quarter, a 59% decrease compared to the same quarter last year.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs bill to provide benefits for Chicago first responders disabled by COVID-19
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Durbin tests positive for COVID-19 for third time in one year : Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, said on Sunday that he tested positive for ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/4115140-durbin-tests-positive-for-covid-19-for-third-time-in-one-year/
Who is responsible for CPS student safety, behavior on their way to and from school?
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Quick Glance: 1 in 10 Get Long COVID After Omicron, US Study Finds
- A study of nearly 10,000 Americans found that about 10% of people suffer long COVID after an omicron infection.
- Millions worldwide have had long COVID with varying symptoms including fatigue and brain fog.
- This is similar to NIH study participants who got sick before the omicron variant began spreading in the US.
- Researchers assigned scores to symptoms, seeking to establish a threshold for enrolling similar patients in studies of long COVID treatments.
‘An opportunity to seize on fear’: Trial underway for Chicago pharmacist accused of selling COVID vaccine cards on eBay
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Chicago pharmacist convicted of stealing, selling COVID-19 vaccination cards: DOJ
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Stall owner of Tiong Bahru Wah Yuen Porridge in Telok Blangah dies: The stall owner of Tiong Bahru Wah Yuen Porridge, Mr Yip Kwok Weng, who preferred to be known ...
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Walgreens profit slides as COVID-19 vaccinations fade in Q2: A decline in COVID-19 vaccinations and an opioid settlement cut into Walgreens second-quarter ...
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'I tried to buy Covid tests all week and I couldn't find any': Obtaining Covid tests ahead of the tough winter months proved difficult
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Durbin tests positive for COVID-19 for third time in one year: Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, said on Sunday that he tested positive for ...
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Matt Hancock insisted on deciding who should live and die, Covid inquiry told: Matt Hancock insisted on personally deciding “who should live and who should die” ...
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Paid articlePaid Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 disaster declaration to end May 11, more than three years after it was first issued
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Faces Tough Re-Election Bid: Nation’s third-largest city struggles with crime, recovery from Covid-19 pandemic
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In Hong Kong, face masks are finally optional — but distrust remains: There are fledgling signs of pre-covid normality, both good and bad.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/19/hong-kong-mask-mandate-distrust/
Free COVID-19 tests still are available from some providers: Here's how to get them
oklahoman.com/story/news/state/2023/09/11/free-covid-tests-oklahoma-how-to-get-medicare-cvs-testing-center/70809541007/
Supply Chains Upended by Covid Are Back to Normal : Improved shipping rates, delivery capacity and retailer inventory have soothed the woes
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Paid articlePaid How to Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis: Automated container handling at ports that operate 24/7 will keep vital goods moving.
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Hundreds at Harvard, NYC, Chicago protest China's actions: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday at Harvard University and near Chinese ...
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CVS, Walgreens limit purchase of children's pain medicines: Pharmacy chains CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA ...
reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/cvs-limits-purchase-childrens-pain-medicines-2022-12-19/
Video of Marjorie Taylor Greene Explaining CRT Viewed More Than 4.7M Times: "The state of Illinois did not spend $5 billion on CRT and certainly didn't do so at ...
newsweek.com/video-marjorie-taylor-greene-explaining-crt-viewed-more-47m-times-1778639
Chicago Municipal Election Results 2023: See full results and maps from the Chicago Municipal elections.
nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/28/us/elections/results-illinois-chicago-municipal-election.html
Editorial: We endorse J.B. Pritzker for Illinois governor: The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board endorses Gov. J.B. Pritzker for a second term.
chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-pritzker-endorsement-governor-20221011-dv2d3hvnibajncwwiucusssdly-story.html
Airlines face growing pressure from pilot unions as threat of brain drain looms : Labour shortages continue to plague the aviation industry as the sector emerges ...
theglobeandmail.com/business/article-airlines-face-growing-pressure-from-pilot-unions-as-threat-of-brain/
Heart attacks are killing more young people. It’s not just COVID: Heart attack death rates are rising at a faster clip among young adults in their 20s ...
sfchronicle.com/health/article/heart-attack-death-young-adults-17852771.php
Boeing, Airbus hit back over criticism of delivery delays: The world's two largest planemakers defended themselves on Tuesday following criticism over delivery ...
reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-airbus-hit-back-over-criticism-delivery-delays-2023-01-17/
China stages historic air show under cloud of zero-COVID: China staged a low-key but historic debut of its C919 civil jet at its biggest air show on Tuesday ...
reuters.com/world/china/chinas-biggest-air-show-opens-under-cloud-zero-covid-policy-2022-11-08/
Analysis: Airlines reboot as COVID sparks a revolution in one-day business trips: Airlines around the world are ripping up schedules and bringing in new flights ...
reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/airlines-reboot-covid-sparks-revolution-one-day-business-trips-2022-11-06/
Legislative panel OKs COVID-19 disability bill for Chicago’s first responders: A measure that would make it easier for Chicago’s first responders to acquire full ...
chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-susana-mendoza-brother-covid-disability-legislation-20230309-fracwf6c6nedtoi77mvwfxzldm-story.html
Happy New Year. Now Please Stay Home.: Sniffles, coughs and sneezes have become January’s familiar cacophony.
nytimes.com/2023/01/14/style/january-sick-month.html
Viral TikTok shows the reality of living with a long COVID symptom called parosmia
mashable.com/article/tik-tok-covid-parosmia-smell-loss
Exclusive: U.S. considers airline wastewater testing as COVID surges in China: As COVID-19 infections surge in China, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-considers-airline-wastewater-testing-covid-surges-china-2022-12-30/
Morning Bid: Bulls take cover: A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Anshuman Daga:
reuters.com/markets/global-markets-view-europe-2022-11-21/
Covid-19 stats, please: FROM COV-WATCHER George Town
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Long Covid symptoms trimmed from more than 200 to 12 in new study: A team led by Harvard Medical School has trimmed the list of Long Covid symptoms to 12 ...
metro.co.uk/2023/05/30/long-covid-symptoms-trimmed-from-more-than-200-to-12-in-new-study-18866402/
Workers' spouses can't sue over COVID exposure, court rules: The state Supreme Court said a worker’s spouse who comes down with COVID, possibly contracted at ...
sfchronicle.com/politics/article/covid-employers-sue-18187687.php
Ethiopia Airlines' CEO discusses post-pandemic competitiveness in a changing industry | Africanews
africanews.com/2023/07/28/ethiopia-airlines-ceo-discusses-post-pandemic-competitiveness-in-a-changing-industry/
Review: Ann Beattie's refreshing new story collection, 'Onlookers': Ann Beattie's best fiction chronicles the crises of boomers. She expands with a new story ...
latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-07-25/acclaimed-literary-boomer-ann-beattie-refreshes-her-stories-covid-neo-nazis-and-all
China to see rural Covid-19 surge over Lunar New Year: The peak of China's Covid-19 wave is expected to last two to three months and will soon swell over ...
rte.ie/news/2023/0113/1346411-china-covid/
DeSantis says monkeypox concern overblown: ‘We are not doing fear’: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) rejected growing concerns over monkeypox during a press ...
thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3587138-desantis-says-monkeypox-concern-overblown-we-are-not-doing-fear/
Quick Glance: Crist and Fried criticize DeSantis and lay out priorities at Florida media forum
- ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA — Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried each made their case for why Florida Democrats should vote for them in the Aug. 23 primary to challenge Gov. Rick Scott.
- Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried, left, and Orlando Sentinel writer Jeffrey Schweers speak during a Democratic Candidates for Governor Forum in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022.
- "We certainly are in a difficult time," Crist admitted.
- Crist brandished what he said was the veto pen he used as governor as he talked.
US Children’s Hospitals Are Overwhelmed by RSV: A drastic and unusually early spike in the respiratory infection is swamping pediatric units across the United ...
nytimes.com/2022/11/01/science/rsv-children-hospitals.html
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tests positive for COVID-19 a second time : Lightfoot was infected with COVID-19 in January also.
chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-covid-20221216-5meqtl46yzexzamg7gv6zgm6ba-story.html
Biden administration amps up efforts to boost new COVID-19 shots: President Biden on Tuesday will announce a series of new efforts to boost the administration of ...
thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3702506-biden-administration-amps-up-efforts-to-boost-new-covid-19-shots/
Jet delivery delays spark penalties battle: A battle for compensation is brewing over delays in the delivery of commercial jets, with a Dublin aviation summit ...
reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/whos-blame-jet-delivery-delays-spark-penalties-battle-2023-01-18/
European Union tries to coordinate COVID travel policies for China: European Union nations will try again on Wednesday to mold a coordinated approach on if and ...
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White House to end Covid-19 test requirement for international air travelers: The Biden administration announced Friday that it's ending a requirement for ...
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Quick Glance: The United States has discontinued COVID testing for arriving international aviation travelers.
- WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Late Friday, the United States repealed a 17-month-old rule that persons entering in the nation by air test negative for COVID-19, following intensive lobbying by airlines and the travel sector.
- Since January 2021, incoming international air travelers have been required to provide pre-departure negative tests.
- To travel to the United States, U.S. citizens must be immunized against COVID.
- O) On Friday, CEO Robin Hayes told Reuters that the testing requirement was "the last obstacle to a really full international travel recovery," adding that it "served no purpose anymore."
Drawing Our "New Normal" - Hometown Stories | NHK WORLD-JAPAN On Demand
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Flying home for the holidays will cost you more this year: People still looking to book trips home to visit family or take a vacation during the holidays need to ...
apnews.com/article/inflation-health-travel-covid-9c9a32f657732221d4404e217c03e7fa
‘Tripledemic’ Forces Pharmacies to Limit Purchases of Children’s Pain Relievers: CVS, Walgreens and Kroger are limiting sales of products like Children’s Tylenol ...
nytimes.com/2022/12/20/us/cvs-walgreens-medicine-limit-tripledemic.html
EU to aim for coordinated approach to air travel amid Covid surge in China: European Union nations will try again on Wednesday to mold a coordinated approach on ...
france24.com/en/europe/20230103-european-union-countries-to-aim-for-coordinated-approach-on-china-covid-policies
Bereaved families welcome 'step forward' after Covid jab payment vaccine but call for more support
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As China cases surge, countries test airline wastewater for COVID: Experts say testing wastewater from flights from China will help identify new variants that ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/5/why-are-countries-testing-wastewater-from-china-for-covid
Australia news LIVE: NASA’s James Webb telescope images revealed; NSW COVID reinfection period reduced from 12 weeks to four
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Masks for the holidays? Amid ‘tripledemic’ of COVID, RSV and flu, some are keeping pandemic precautions as part of their celebrations.
chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-masks-covid-holidays-tripledemic-20221221-zkjjidibvfasna7ecgedu75jym-story.html
USA: Ex-pop star R. Kelly must serve 30 years in prison | Augsburger Allgemeine: Former pop superstar R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in an ...
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How much does vitamin D protect us from diseases like COVID?: COVID has given doctors the chance to dig further into the potential connection between vitamin D ...
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Though all Australia felt the terror of Covid – this great trauma of 10,000 dead has not been shared
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Holiday season bringing another rise in COVID-19: The increase this year in COVID-19 cases has been accompanied by surging cases of flu and other respiratory ...
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Cities face crisis as fewer kids enroll and schools shrink: CHICAGO (AP) — On a recent morning inside Chalmers School of Excellence on Chicago’s West Side ...
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10.5 million children were orphaned or lost a primary caregiver due to COVID, study finds
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EPA fines pesticide maker $325,000 for marketing product as coronavirus disinfectant
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S&P closes at more than two-month high on retail, energy lift: U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 closing at its highest level in 2-1/2 months ...
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker out of isolation after testing negative for COVID-19: Gov. J.B. Pritzker has tested negative for the coronavirus after spending five days in ...
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Lockdown was tough on kids, but don’t burden them with ‘mental health disorders’: Our children have lived through extraordinary times. The pandemic caused real ...
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Op/Ed: Despite president's declaration, COVID-19 far from over in Indiana and nation
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Column: Fund managers still see no reason to be bullish on copper: Copper's future in the energy transition may be bright but it's the problematic here and now ...
reuters.com/business/energy/fund-managers-still-see-no-reason-be-bullish-copper-andy-home-2022-12-12/
Mayor Lightfoot, Arwady urge masking in public as COVID-19 cases rise: The city plans to issue a formal mask advisory if, as expected, the city hits high COVID ...
chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-chicago-covid-mayor-20221222-4lirwiknrjdkdbewqmlq72p374-story.html
McDonalds Ireland triples operating profits as revenues surge to €67m: The firm’s revenues for 2021 recovered to such an extent of €67.13m that they were almost ...
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AbbVie to leave leading U.S. drug industry trade group: AbbVie Inc (ABBV.N) is leaving Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) ...
reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/abbvie-leave-leading-us-drug-industry-trade-group-2022-12-15/
Sen. Dick Durbin tests positive for COVID: U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said he tested positive Thursday for COVID-19.
pbs.org/newshour/politics/sen-dick-durbin-tests-positive-for-covid
Quick Glance: Senators Durbin and Duckworth have asked Walgreens CEO to reconsider its pharmacy beliefs policy.
- Its policy specifies that pharmacists may refuse medicines for religious or moral reasons.
- "Such limitations are exacerbated by Walgreens" policy, which can come at the expense of your customers" right to privacy," they warned.
- According to Walgreens senior director of external relations Fraser Engerman, instances of pharmacists denying contraception due to personal or religious beliefs are rare, and policies are designed to meet the needs of Walgreens' patients and customers while respecting its employees' beliefs.
- Durbin stated on Wednesday that politicians and pharmacists had no business standing in the way of a woman's access to health care.
What is the world’s safest airline in 2023?: The airlines have been ranked according to their serious incident record, COVID-19 protocols and the age of their ...
euronews.com/travel/2023/01/04/afraid-of-flying-these-are-officially-the-world-s-safest-airlines
US to require negative COVID test for travelers from China: Passengers flying to the US from China will need to get a test no more than two days before flying ...
mercurynews.com/2022/12/28/us-to-require-negative-covid-test-for-travelers-from-china
Quick Glance: The United States Will Require Coronavirus Testing of Chinese Visitors
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