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A long-term care part of The Villas Senior Care Community in Sherman has had seven COVID-19 cases confirmed, including a man in his 90s who died at HSHS St.

A fundraising consultant whose company was paid more than $300,000 by the campaign of U.S. Rep.

When Raymond Bruzan asked his Lanphier High School conservation education class how it wanted to mark the nascent Earth Day, a student suggested a march to the Capitol Building.

Doctors identified a new symptom of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, informally dubbed "COVID toes." The presence of purple or blue lesions on a patient's feet and toes puzzles infectious disease experts. "They're typically painful to touch and could have a hot burning sensation," said Dr. Ebbing Lautenbach, chief of infectious disease at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine.

ROCKFORD - After Illinois Gov.

Even before the first horrific phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has run its course, scientists are worried about the second wave of the disease.

Some student loan borrowers in Illinois could see some relief while the coronavirus pandemic continues, Gov.

WASHINGTON - The White House and congressional leaders are nearing a deal to pump an additional $300 billion into a new program to keep small businesses from shuttering and their employees from facing unemployment as the coronavirus pandemic derails the economy.