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HealthCharles Coddington Coronavirus COVID-19

The official coronavirus story may not prevail

On April 6, 2021April 7, 2021 By admin

This essay is the 10-year anniversary of my writing every other week in The Voice. In two news items, we have learned that AstraZeneca Laboratories and Johnson and Johnson Company are experiencing difficulties with the efficacy of their vaccines. The former may have been formulating their product based upon outdated...

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Events HealthCOVID-19 vaccine Elgin

Kane County Health Department to Open Elgin Vaccination Site April 7

On April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 By admin

The Kane County Board Office and the Kane County Health Department, in collaboration with Cook County and the City of Elgin, will launch a vaccination site at Elgin’s Eastside Recreational Center, 1080 East Chicago Street, Elgin. It will open Wednesday, April 7, and operate six days per week. Exact days...

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HealthHealth Larry Frieders Salt

Salt has its place: On the table, on both good and bad lists

On March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 By admin

Salt, table salt, sodium chloride, NaCl, has a history that stretches back millennia. It’s mentioned several times in old texts, including the Bible, and it would be rare to find anyone who doesn’t know what it is and what it’s used for. Until recently salt has been on the good...

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HealthCOVID-19 vaccine Keith Wheeler

Vaccine doses, with assistance

On March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 By admin

State representative Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, was a partner with other State and federal legislators along with VNA Aurora and East Aurora High School to provide 750 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to residents Monday, March 29. “I am glad to be among our State and federal legislators who worked together...

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Health OpinionLetter to the Editor R. Mel Dormer Readers Voice

Perhaps, soon, a new slogan will develop

On March 23, 2021March 22, 2021 By admin

March 18, 2021Dear editor; Thanks to news media reports, we all were made aware that COVID-19 virus vaccines, in part, are produced from fetal tissues harvested from abortion mills. In addition, that medical science institutions had their own agenda for abortion to be made legal in 1973. Perhaps, soon, a...

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HealthAurora COVID-19 vaccine

Latinx communities Aurora vaccine focus

On March 23, 2021March 22, 2021 By admin

An Aurora coalition of Latinx churches, organizations, and elected officials has been formed to focus on the equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Latinx community of Aurora, particularly in the City’s two largest counties of Kane and DuPage. Only 11.8% of Kane County’s approximate 155,000 vaccines have been...

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Carousel Community HealthAurora COVID-19 vaccine Joe Jacobs

COVID-19 mass vaccinations in Aurora at former Carson Pirie Scott

On March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 By admin

Volunteer Joe Jacobs of Jake's Bagels & Deli in Aurora offers assistance Thursday, March 18 at Aurora's fourth mass vaccine clinic at the former Carson Pirie Scott on Lake Street.

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Carousel HealthAurora COVID-19 vaccine

Free COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Aurora

On March 16, 2021March 17, 2021 By admin

Vaccinations to prevent COVID-19 in the third Mass Vax clinic at the former Carson Pirie Scott store in Aurora, Saturday, offer help to 2,000 Aurora residents with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

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HealthCOVID-19 vaccine Donna Crane

COVID-19 vaccines remain voluntary, not mandatory

On March 16, 2021March 15, 2021 By admin

This article is not intended to provide legal advice, but to offer broad and general information about the law. Aaron Siri is the managing partner at Siri & Glimstad LLP, a complex civil litigation firm with its principal office in New York City. He wrote the following article that Federal...

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Government HealthCapitol News Illinois Dr. Ngozi Ezike Illinois Department of Health Tim Kirsininkas

State ‘getting close’ to next phase of reopening: IDPH

On March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 By admin

By Tim Kirsininkas Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) director, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, said on Monday the State is “getting close” to the next phase of reopening amid increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and decreasing positivity rates. Speaking in a Senate Health Committee meeting, Ezike said the State has been working...

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HealthAurora COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine

Mass Vax Aurora signup at 3 p.m. Monday, March 15

On March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 By admin

In collaboration with Jewel-Osco and the Kane County Health Department, Mayor Richard C. Irvin and the City of Aurora are hosting a fourth MASS VAX AURORA Community Vaccination Clinic on Thursday, March 18.The first dose of the Pfizer vaccine will be available to AURORA RESIDENTS in qualifying categories. This clinic...

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Carousel Government HealthAurora Bill Burns COVID-19 vaccine JB Pritzker Peggy Hicks St. John AME Church Theodia Gillespie

Aurora’s Equity-Focused Vaccination Clinic

On March 2, 2021March 3, 2021 By admin

More than 700 individuals receive COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday morning in Aurora at Cathedral of Grace St. John AME provided by the city government, in a Black Vax Coalition program. Less than three percent of black residents in Aurora previously had received vaccinations. The Aurora Equity-Focused Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic received...

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HealthCapitol News Illinois COVID-19 COVID-19 testing Grace Barbic University of Illinois

U of I System authorized for saliva-based test

On March 2, 2021March 3, 2021 By admin

By Grace Barbic The University of Illinois System received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Monday for its saliva-based COVID-19 test. The statewide, seven-day, rolling positivity rate reached 2.4%. The FDA approval allows for the covidSHIELD test to expand beyond the U of I System....

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Health VeteransCOVID-19 vaccine Hines VA Hospital Veterans

Hines VA Hospital offers vets vaccine at sites

On March 2, 2021March 3, 2021 By admin

Hines VA Hospital is scheduling appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine for March 6 and April 3 at its Aurora Community Based Outpatient Clinic. Hines continues to vaccinate according to this stratification plan: • Veterans age 60 and older; • Dialysis patients; • Chemotherapy patients; • Organ transplant veterans; • Homeless...

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HealthHealth Larry Frieders Medicine Prescription Prescriptions

We can decide for ourselves on medicine, prescriptions

On March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 By admin

We can decide for ourselves. Pharmacists often talk to their customers. One refrain that seems woven throughout every conversation about prescriptions is both a question and a complaint. Customers ask, “Why do I have to take these medicines for the rest of my life when I feel so bad using...

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Carousel Government HealthCOVID-19 testing Judd Lofchie Ribbon-cutting

Contactless COVID-19 testing in Aurora

On February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 By admin

Aurora Ward 10 alderman Judd Lofchie cuts the ceremonial ribbon Monday in the ReStore parking lot on the West Side of Aurora to officially open a free COVID-19 testing site. Testing is free and open to the public Monday thru Sunday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m..

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HealthCOVID-19 Health

Free COVID-19 Care to Start Monday, Feb. 22

On February 20, 2021February 20, 2021 By admin

There will be free COVID-19 care to start Monday, Feb. 22 at Restore Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity 2303 West Indian Trail Road, Aurora. The hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Sunday. No appointment necessary No symptoms to get tested Completely FREE Open to the public For...

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Government HealthCOVID-19 DuPage County Illinois Department of Public Health Kane County Kendall County Will County

Aurora counties reach Phase 4

On February 9, 2021February 10, 2021 By admin

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Region 8, including DuPage and Kane Counties, moved to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois Plan, effective this week. Now, all four Aurora counties, including Will County in Region 7 and Kendall County in Region 2, are in Phase 4. Restaurants and bars...

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Commentary HealthCOVID-19 Dawn Staszak Reader's Commentary Shutdowns

One journey through COVID-19 society

On February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 By admin

By Dawn M. Staszak One of the most controversial aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the concept of shutdowns. Earlier, many of us did not understand why grocery stores could stay open and bars and restaurants were targeted for closure. Of course, none of us is an infectious disease...

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Health VeteransCOVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine Kane County Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission Veterans

Kane County veterans can sign up for COVID-19 vaccine February 13

On February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 By admin

The Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission is alerting Kane County veterans to a one-time shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine that will be available Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Aurora VA outpatient clinic, 161 S. Lincolnway in North Aurora, from 8 a.m. to 4 :30 p.m.. “This is a special, one-time...

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