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WHO investigating new, more transmissible coronavirus strain
(Reuters) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it expects to get more detail soon on the potential impact of a new coronavirus strain, as a slew of countries closed their borders to B...
Dec 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 12/21: Under 5,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported 4,699 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 98 additional deaths. In addition, the se...
Dec 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Victim identified in Canton house fire
CANTON, Ill. -- The victim of a Canton fire that occurred early Sunday morning in the 700 block of E. Chestnut St. has been identified as 9-year-old Adeline Walton. According to Fulton County Coroner ...
Dec 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
U.S. COVID-19 vaccination drive heads to nursing homes
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. government and two of the nation's largest pharmacy chains kick off a nationwide campaign to vaccinate nursing home residents against COVID-19 on Monday, a week after the ...
Dec 21, 2020 FILE PHOTO: Bob Atighechi administers the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination to Margaret Dubois, 87, a resident at The Reservoir nursing facility, in West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., December 18, 2020. Stephen Dunn/Pool via REUTERS
State COVID roundup 12/20: Over 6,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health announced over 6,000 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, and 79 additional deaths. A Chicago-area hospital plans to resume giving health care worke...
Dec 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
Canton fire leaves one dead
CANTON, Ill. -- The Canton Fire Department responded to a structure fire around 5:30 a.m. Sunday in the 700 block of E. Chestnut Street. Crews found one person inside the home, who was transported to ...
Dec 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
U.S. Congress reaches deal on COVID-19 aid package, plans votes for Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. congressional leaders reached agreement on Sunday on a $900 billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy and individuals battered by the surging coro...
Dec 21, 2020 (Reuters)
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to arrive at facilities and be given out as early as Monday
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) - Workers on Sunday began packaging shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S., a desperately needed boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic un...
Dec 20, 2020 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Ilustration
CDC issues protocols for COVID-19 vaccine following allergic reactions
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday said it was monitoring reports of allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccination and made recommendations on how peopl...
Dec 19, 2020 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker draws the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, in South Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Biden's climate and energy team introduced Saturday
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -President-elect Joe Biden introduced his climate and energy team on Saturday, a history-making group that will seek to advance an ambitious climate agenda that reverses man...
Dec 19, 2020 U.S. President-elect Joe Biden listens as Congresswoman Deb Haaland, Biden's nominee for the Interior Secretary, speaks after her nomination was announced among another round of nominees and appointees for his administration in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
