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Paramedic and NCH Emergency Preparedness Manager Brian Stennett preparing for COVID-19 vaccination injection

NCH Vaccinates Nearly 700 Northwest Suburban Paramedics, EMS Workers in First Week

Tue Dec 22, 2020 04:15 pm Cardinal News

Paramedics from 21 area communities served ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, December 22, 2020— Last week, Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH) began administering the first COVID-19 vaccines to frontline healthcare workers and nearly 700 local paramedics. The Pfizer […]

New Drive-Thru Rapid COVID-19 Testing from Health Gauge Coming to Woodfield Mall Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Mon Dec 21, 2020 07:18 am Cardinal News

Testing available with no pre-qualifications or symptoms needed Needing a last minute COVID-19 test with rapid results? Health Gauge’s first Illinois drive-thru location at Woodfield Mall is opening Tuesday, December 22, 2020 and is now […]

Illustration, created by Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Advocate Condell Medical Center Pauses COVID-19 Vaccinations Following Reactions Involving 4 Employees; FDA Investigates Rare Reactions Nationwide

Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:37 pm Cardinal News

Out of an abundance of caution, Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Illinois and Advocate Aurora Health disclosed that the Condell is temporarily pausing vaccinations in order to allow time to better understand what may […]

Comments Reflect Backlash to Messages from Democrat and Republican Governors’ Video Message Posted by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Thu Dec 17, 2020 07:38 am Cardinal News

“This Holiday Season.” A group of state governors urges citizens on the principles of wearing masks, maintaining social distancing, washing hands frequently to slow down the spread of COVID-19 illness. A message from state governors […]

Naloxone HCl Nasal Spray (SOURCE: Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Pennsylvania Department of Health and the San Francisco Department of Health. Naloxone for opioid safety: a provider’s guide to prescribing naloxone to patients who use opioids. January 2015)

Cook County Sheriff’s Police Officers Reverse Opioid Overdose with Naloxone on Chicago’s West Side on Superior St Sunday

Sun Dec 13, 2020 07:22 pm Cardinal News

The quick and compassionate work of Cook County Sheriff’s Police reversed a deadly overdose in Chicago on Friday morning, according to Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart today. At approximately 9:40 a.m., Sunday, December 13, […]

Thanks Dr. Bein sign in front of the District 25 Administrative offices

Adaptive Pause Remote Learning Denied by Arlington Heights School District 25 Board Vote in Divided Elementary School Community

Thu Dec 10, 2020 03:22 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights School District 25 Board of Education Meeting | December 4, 2020. In stressful pandemic times with stressed out board members, teachers, and parents concerned over undirected and bewildered students; the Arlington Heights School […]

Hundreds Observed in Hilton Chicago Northbrook Hotel at Crowded Wedding without Social Distancing, Very Few Wearing Masks

Thu Dec 3, 2020 05:02 am Cardinal News

Hundreds of people crowded into a hotel ballroom on Wednesday, toasting newlyweds. But in the middle of a pandemic, how is that allowed? CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reports. What appeared to be a large […]

Record High Coronavirus Deaths of 238 Included Delayed Data from Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend

Thu Dec 3, 2020 04:52 am Cardinal News

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 reported 9,757 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 238 additional deaths, which is about 25 percent higher than the […]

Advisory Committee for CDC Recommends First Population Groups to Get COVID-19 Vaccinations As One Person Dies Per Minute of Coronavirus COVID-19 Illness

Wed Dec 2, 2020 07:15 am Cardinal News

First Phase Priority Includes 21 Million Health Care Workers and 3 Million Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities, But Not Paramedics and Other First Responders Health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities will be […]

New COVID-19 SeroHub Provides Dashboard to Monitor Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 from CDC, NCI, NIAID, and NIH

Tue Dec 1, 2020 08:00 pm Cardinal News

The COVID-19 Seroprevalence Studies Hub, known as COVID-19 SeroHub, is an online dashboard intended to help researchers and policymakers monitor studies of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence in the United States. These […]

Doctor Describes Heartbreaking Interactions with Patients and Families ICYMI

Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:59 pm Cardinal News

A doctor from Hennepin County, Minnesota describes heartbreaking experiences while working to save the lives of COVID-19 patients. ‘All I can do is keep COVID from killing you … We are not the front lines. […]

LaSalle Veterans Home, 1015 Oconor Avenue in LaSalle, Illinois (Image capture August 2019 ©2020 Google)

Long-Term Facility COVID-19 Outbreak Among Residents and Staff: 27 Veterans Die at LaSalle Veterans Home in LaSalle County

Wed Nov 25, 2020 01:32 pm Cardinal News

State health officials from Illinois during late November 2020 are investigating a Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans Home in LaSalle, Illinois that suddenly infected almost 200 residents and staff, and killed 27 veterans. […]

IDPH Reports 14,612 New Coronavirus Cases with 168 Additional Deaths; Region 10 Test Positivity 7-Day Rolling Average Increases to 15.7%

Thu Nov 19, 2020 02:18 pm Cardinal News

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Thursday, November 19, 2020 reported 14,612 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 168 additional deaths. Seven deaths in Cook County involved people under […]

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Reporter: “I Don’t Really Care What You Think” During Discussion of School Closings in New York

Thu Nov 19, 2020 09:48 am Cardinal News

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo asked a reporter to “try not to be obnoxious” after he asked if schools would be closed tomorrow and then proceeded to mock him without realiszing the mayor had closed […]

IDPH Reports 8,922 New Coronavirus Cases with 140 Additional Deaths; Region 10 Test Positivity 7-Day Rolling Average Increases to 16%

Wed Nov 18, 2020 03:16 pm Cardinal News

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 reported 8,922 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 140 additional deaths. Eleven deaths in Cook County involved people under […]

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