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Key quotes: Lovie Smith previews season opener at Wisconsin
Exactly one year ago Monday, Illinois upset No. 6 Wisconsin, 24-23 at Memorial Stadium. Now, during the same week of October, the Illini will go head to head with the Badgers again, but this time, things will look a little different. The season is getting a late start due to...IlliniWisconsinIllinoisMadisonBig Ten ConferenceCoronavirus Disease 2019Monday Night FootballCollege FootballBadgersJake Hansen HansenWilliam HillPaulChrystPreviewsThe GameLovie SmithRead Full Story
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India is facing a double health threat this winter: pollution and the pandemic
New Delhi (CNN) — A familiar scene is taking place in northern India. Vast fields burn, flames engulfing bare stalks of already-harvested crops. Billowing smoke travels across state borders. In towns and cities, the air is thick with yellow haze. Stubble burning, the practice of intentionally setting fire to cultivated...Coronavirus Disease 2019North IndiaNew DelhiSmogUnited StatesCOVID-19 PandemicPunjab StateAir Pollution DeathsEnvironmental PollutionBeijing PollutionWinter CropsUniversity Of ChicagoAIIMSCNNWorld Health OrganizationRandeep GuleriaRead Full Story
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The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett is a threat to families like mine
Jeneva Stone lives with her husband and their two sons in Bethesda, Maryland. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. View. (CNN) — My son Rob is 23 years old. He follows politics, enjoys sips of whiskey, and loves baseball. He also has a rare form of dystonia, a feeding tube, and a tracheostomy, among other pre-existing medical conditions. He uses a speech-generating computerized device to communicate with us. If the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were struck down by the Supreme Court after the addition of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a mother of a disabled child herself, Rob would be uninsurable, like so many of his disabled peers.Feeding TubeObamacareDiseaseACAMedicaidThe Supreme CourtHealth CareCNNU.S. Supreme CourtLittle LobbyistsRobHusbandCapitol HillAmy Coney BarrettRead Full Story
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The Real Reason Families Are Displaying Purple Pumpkins This Halloween
Communities are expanding on the Epilepsy Foundation's Purple Pumpkin Project to signify that they are taking extra precautions to lower COVID-19 risks this Halloween. A purple pumpkin on a porch or in a window means families will be wearing masks while handing out trick-or-treating candy, and will pass out wrapped grab-and-go bags.Read Full Story Coronavirus Disease 2019CDCSocial DistancingPurple PumpkinsEye CandyFood AllergiesLocal FoodSick KidsMen 's HealthWFXTTeal Pumpkin Resource HubCBS NewsWomen 's HealthAmazonJackie
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Three-tier lockdown: How do I know what level my local area falls under?
A new three-tier system of local lockdown measures for England is expected to be announced by prime minister Boris Johnson on Monday to help keep the spread of coronavirus under control. Different parts of the country will be split up into “medium”, “high” or “very high” local coronavirus alert areas...LockdownCoronavirus Disease 2019EnglandSouthwestSocial DistancingNorth EastIntensive Care UnitsLocal FoodPubsOldhamLabourLiverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNottingham City CouncilStateYorkshireBoris JohnsonMatt HancockJim McmahonRead Full Story
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The Covid-safe way to tackle Scotland's Super Crag
Four elite climbers have tackled routes up an imposing crag in a remote location in the Highlands while adhering to strict Covid-19 rules. The team's climbs of the Super Crag near Gairloch were filmed for BBC Scotland's The Adventure Show. The film was shot in September before new travel restrictions...Read Full Story Coronavirus Disease 2019HighlandGairlochRock ClimbersRock ClimbingBBC SportBBC Scotland 'sMuirheadNewtonmoreNHSCovid-19 WardsScottishBritishThe Super CragSport Climbing
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Cruise passenger banned from re-boarding in Italy after breaking Covid rules
A passenger on AIDAblu – the first AIDA Cruises’ ship to resume cruising during the time of Covid-19 – was banned from reboarding after straying from a shore excursion in Catania, Italy, this week. In doing so the passenger broke AIDA Cruises’ strict coronavirus protocols that prohibit independent exploration. At...Read Full Story Carnival Corp.MSC CruisesPassengerCoronavirus Disease 2019ItalyShipCataniaAidaChief Executive OfficerThe Daily TelegraphEuropeShore ExcursionsCarnival CorporationThe TelegraphRoyal Caribbean GroupRichard Fain
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Several regions sound alarm as US reports most Covid-19 daily cases in nearly 2 months
(CNN) — Just as the US reported the highest number of daily Covid-19 infections in nearly two months, several experts offered grim outlooks if Americans don't take the right precautions. Florida, which over the summer
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Potential COVID-19 exposure at Rochester church after members test positive
(WHAM) - People who were at Pentecostal Holiness Church in Rochester are being warned about a potential COVID-19 exposure. Monroe County Public Health officials said multiple people who tested positive for COVID-19 were at the church building on N. Clinton Avenue on November 15 and 17. These people were in...Read Full Story Covid-19Shortness Of BreathCoronavirus Disease 2019DiarrheaDifficulty BreathingWHAMSymptomsMuscleCoughMultiple PeopleSmellN. Clinton AvenueRunny NoseQuarantine
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Swiss police question nursing home staff after COVID-19 deaths
ZURICH, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Three nursing home workers in Switzerland’s Italian-speaking region of Ticino have been questioned on charges including manslaughter following a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 between March and May, police said on Tuesday. “Following the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus at (a home for the elderly) between...COVID-19 VirusCoronavirus Disease 2019SwitzerlandCriminal ProcedureManslaughterZürichDisease OutbreakNursing HomeFederal PoliceHome MinistryCriminal LawFederal Case LawPublic MinistryReutersJohn RevillRead Full Story