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Lightfoot to give COVID-19 in Chicago update Thursday
5 minutes ago | WGN TV
CHICAGO - Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced she and city health officials will hold a news conference Thursday with an update on COVID-19 in Chicago.
Lightfoot will join Chicago...
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Spain becomes first country in western Europe to hit 1 million COVID-19 cases
55 minutes ago | New York Post
BARCELONA, Spain - Spain became the first country in western Europe to accumulate more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 infections on Wednesday as the nation of 47 million...
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CHAT REPLAY: Why you shouldn't delay your health care because of COVID-19
57 minutes ago | ABC
Jefferson Health President Bruce A. Meyer discusses why the pandemic shouldn't stop you from taking care of your health, and what to expect from COVID-19 in the months ahead.
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‘Out of control' Spain in Covid-19 turmoil as health minister calls for ‘drastic measures' to tackle Europe's worst numbers
1 hour ago | RT | 2 articles
Spain needs “drastic measures” to tackle its “out of control” second wave of Covid-19 infections, the country's health minister has warned.
“Very hard weeks are coming,”...
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Fozzy's Bar and Grill
1 hour ago | Chicago Tribune
Numerous businesses in the Rockford area apparently disregarded a county order to close as a general precaution against COVID-19. In response recently, the county health...
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Harford Health Department gives out nearly 31,000 face coverings as part of MasksOnMaryland campaign
2 hours ago | Baltimore Sun
The Harford County Health Department distributed about 30,850 face masks to more than 60 local businesses at a drive-thru clinic on Wednesday as part of the state's...
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Elderly no longer need to isolate, despite rising Covid infections - Swedish health ministry
2 hours ago | RT
Special recommendations for the over-70s have been removed by Sweden's government, which suggests the serious psychological and physical consequences of isolation outweigh the...
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Gillibrand bill aims to eliminate health care disparities
3 hours ago | Times Union
WASHINGTON - A new legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand aims to tackle health disparities in communities of color, the LGBTQ community, rural areas and...
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Health care workers will be first to receive coronavirus vaccine in Missouri
4 hours ago | KMBC
The 111-page plan details how Missouri would distribute the vaccine to millions of state residents and discusses possible roadblocks to what would be one of the largest and...
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Cure worse than disease? Some Covid-19 vaccines may increase HIV risk, scientists warn
4 hours ago | RT
A group of researchers in the US is sounding the alarm over several coronavirus vaccines currently undergoing clinical trials, warning that they may increase the risk of...
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Hong Kong slaps Goldman Sachs with record fine over looting of Malaysia's...
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