COVID-19 Update: ‘Cautious Optimism,’ Pleas To Stay Home Ahead Of Holiday Weekend
The state’s rolling seven-day average COVID-19 case positivity rate decreased by a half point Tuesday to 10.4 percent as hospitalizations continued to…
Homeless Shelters Grapple With COVID Safety as Cold Creeps In
CHICAGO — Ben Barnes has slept in abandoned buildings, hallways and alleys. For the past year or so, he’s been staying at the city’s largest
COVID Surge in Nursing Homes Takes Toll On Loved Ones, Workers
On their last phone call, Chelsea Reed says her “proud” mother broke down, distraught about fears of dying alone in her long-term care facility,…
Senate Committee To Ask About 27 Dead Residents After COVID-19 Outbreak At LaSalle Veterans’ Home
Twenty-seven residents of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home have died in the last few weeks since the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs reported a COVID…
Here’s How To Celebrate Safely With Your Family This Thanksgiving
For many families, this Thanksgiving will look like no other.
IDPH Preps For Expected Initial 400,000 Doses Of Vaccine
After Pfizer submitted its application for a COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week, Illinois public health officials have…
State Reports 126 More COVID-19 Deaths As Tier 3 Mitigations Take Effect
SPRINGFIELD – The state reported another 126 COVID-19-related deaths Friday as Tier 3 mitigations took effect statewide and virus-related hospitalizations continued to increase. That brought
What The University Of Illinois Learned From Reopening Amid The Pandemic
When University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign officials decided to reopen in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, they launched an ambitious plan to…
State COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 11,000
As the state surpassed 11,000 COVID-19-related deaths Wednesday and the disease became the third leading cause of death in the state, health officials…
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