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Like so many things, the practice of chaplaincy as it is typically understood was roadblocked by COVID mitigation measures. To avoid the spread of the virus, visitors were limited, personal protective equipment, scarce at first, was required, along with social distancing — all of which hamper a chaplain's ability to "show up and be there."
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About 1,300 students and 350 staff members have signed up to participate in Unit 5's voluntary SHIELD COVID-19 testing program.
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Lucinda McCray is a former professor at Illinois State University and author of multiple books, including "Life and Death: Health, Illness and Medicine in McLean County 1830-1995."
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Nearly two years into the pandemic, students are still confronting uncertainties. That's especially true on college campuses where COVID has fundamentally changed the university experience.
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Nearly two years into the pandemic, students are still confronting uncertainties. That's especially true on college campuses where COVID has fundamentally changed the university experience.
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In late 2020, state and federal health agencies acknowledged long-term care residents' right to have visitors — no matter what.
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The McLean County Health Department is not legally tasked with regulating pop-up COVID testing sites, according to administrator Jessica McKnight, but the agency is “aware” of their growing presence.
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The 11-year-old Rilu, who had been struggling with COVID-19 for weeks, has died, Miller Park Zoo officials announced on Thursday.
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Symptoms of COVID-19 in big cats at Miller Park Zoo and a local surge in coronavirus cases in the community have prompted officials to indefinitely close the zoo's Kattehoefer Animal Building.
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Two more people have died and more than 1,400 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in McLean County since Dec. 30, according to a Monday update from the McLean County Health Department.