Hospitals speed up flu testing for hectic season
Laboratory testing for the flu has traditionally taken so long to yield results that most people recovered before finding out if they actually had the virus. But about half a...
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Chicago, like the nation, in midst of ‘very bad’ flu season
At Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, the staff is working extra shifts, and emergency room waits for patients can last up to two hours in the worst flu...
Chicago, like the nation, in midst of ‘very bad’ flu season
At Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, the staff is working extra shifts, and emergency room waits for patients can last up to two hours in the worst flu...
Chicago, like the nation, in midst of ‘very bad’ flu season
At Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, the staff is working extra shifts, and emergency room waits for patients can last up to two hours in the worst flu...
Huge spike in flu cases upends hospital operations
More than a dozen Chicago-area hospitals started their week overwhelmed with influenza cases, having to send incoming ambulances elsewhere at times as they dealt with what health officials have described...
Flu bug overwhelms local hospitals
Seven Chicago-area hospitals have had to send ambulances elsewhere this morning as they deal with an influx of patients with flu-like symptoms. As of 9:45 a.m., the hospitals remained on...
Huge spike in flu cases upends hospital operations
More than a dozen Chicago-area hospitals started their week overwhelmed with influenza cases, having to send incoming ambulances elsewhere at times as they dealt with what health officials have described...
Flu bug overwhelms local hospitals
Seven Chicago-area hospitals have had to send ambulances elsewhere this morning as they deal with an influx of patients with flu-like symptoms. As of 9:45 a.m., the hospitals remained on...
Doozy of a flu season
At this point in the last flu season, not a single case of the virus had been confirmed by the Loyola University Health System. This season hasn't been nearly as...
Grieving parents call for gun control
One by one, the weeping parents slowly walked down from the stage clutching their children's portraits, then set them on chairs adorned with white crosses. As Genie Hernandez remembered her...