Category: Health

Government Health

Stay at home order stands

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By Jerry Nowicki As the state saw its largest single-day death total yet from COVID-19 Tuesday, governor JB Pritzker said his stay-at-home order stands despite a judge’s Monday ruling granting a limited temporary restraining order against it. “Let me remind everyone again —the stay-at-home order in Illinois is still very...

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Kane County Health Department closes Smithfield Foods in St. Charles

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The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) announced Saturday, that Smithfield Foods, Inc., in St. Charles, received an order from the Kane County Health Department to close their facility as of Friday, April 24, due to concerns about COVID-19. The order temporarily closes the facility so that the Health Department can...

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Government Health

COVID-19 housing in Wheaton College, DuPage County

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DuPage County and Wheaton College agreed to provide temporary housing for first responders asked to self-isolate during the COVID-19 response. Wheaton College will provide the 28 units in its three Saint & Elliot apartment buildings for use by DuPage County police officers, firefighters, and medical personnel who need to self-isolate...

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Health Opinion

Masks essential to healing

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By Judy Siedlecki It will be mandatory to wear a mask in public effective May 1, per governor JB Pritzker. Why wear a mask? Say you’re walking down the aisle at the grocery store wearing no mask, another person walking down that same aisle not wearing a mask, sneezes, or...

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Commentary Health

Plain sense about pandemics, concern for society

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By M. Grace Grzanek Grandma Katarzyna had eight children. Four of her little ones, one in infancy, one a day after birth, died in the last pandemic, the Spanish influenza virus of 1918, 102 years ago. Mom survived. She was but five years old at the time. But she carried...

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Community Health Opinion

Alzheimer’s, dementia, relief reasonable

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April 16, 2020Dear editor; The COVID-19 crisis has had an impact on all of our daily lives, but especially vulnerable populations such as those impacted by Alzheimer’s and dementia. Age and common health conditions that often accompany dementia may increase risk for COVID-19. Fortunately, the Alzheimer’s Association continues to provide...

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Masks: Let’s Face It donation

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State representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is launching a new program in his 97th Legislative District to motivate local stores and restaurants to require employees to wear protective face coverings. Batinick’s program, Let’s Face It, will donate 50 facemasks to the first 20 stores or restaurants that agree to add this...

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Community Health

Naperville Firefighters respond

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From the beginning of the global pandemic for COVID-19, Naperville Professional Firefighters L4302 have been on the front lines. We have stood up and responded to new and challenging situations while still responding to calls for heart attacks, strokes, structure fires, and all our other day to day calls for...

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Community Health

VNA Health Care offers COVID-19 tests by appointment

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VNA Health Care (VNA) offers expanded testing for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), and it started Monday. These services are available by appointment to those with COVID-19 symptoms. A VNA provider will assess individuals prior to testing. Individuals without insurance will be served on a sliding fee scale based upon income, with...

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Government Health

Illinois COVID-19 peak could come in mid-May: Pritzker

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By Jerry Nowicki Governor JB Pritzker said Tuesday the State’s COVID-19 peak could come in mid-May and he is examining the current stay-at-home order for potential changes. The governor made the comments during a Washington Post Live interview with reporter Robert Costa. Pritzker said individuals “have really been abiding by”...

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Government Health

Illinois COVID-19 curve flattening, only slightly

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By Jerry Nowicki The percentage of intensive care beds and ventilators in use in Illinois remained relatively flat since last week and State officials Tuesday announced another encouraging sign that Illinois is “flattening the curve” in dealing with the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19. However, that and the fact the...

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Health Opinion

Thanks offered to governor Pritzker

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April 7, 2020Dear editor; Illinois physicians and hospitals commend governor JB Pritzker for his steadfast leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. Every day he faces tough choices and he is clearly making decisions with the interests of Illinoisans in mind. Our governor is taking the time to listen to the experts....

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Community Feature Health

Winning strategy to defeat the monster: Distance, trust

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Peculiar things happen when Homo sapiens isolate. Whether it’s referred to as social or physical distancing, being alone does unexpected things to humans. Pappion, a 1973 movie, depicts how isolation can affect human behavior. The film is about the penal system of French Guyana and the years that prisoner Henri...

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