COVID-19 Positivity Rate Reaches Highest Level Since Late January
SPRINGFIELD – Public health officials on Wednesday announced 3,790 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 out of 80,628 test results reported over the previous 24 hours, bringing the statewide seven-day rolling positivity rate to 4.1 percent, the highest that figure has stood since Jan. 30. Statewide, COVID-19 hospitalizations also increased Wednesday, as the Illinois […]
State: 109K Doses Of Vaccine Could Arrive Next Week
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday stepped up his public relations campaign to convince Illinois residents that an experimental coronavirus vaccine that could be authorized by the federal government this week will be safe to take. Pritzker and the state’s public health director, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, said the initial 109,000 doses of a vaccine […]
Child Vaccinations Drop As Parents Fear COVID-19 — And A Mysterious Illness
Parents fear exposing their kids to COVID-19. But doctors say missing vaccinations is a bigger risk to kids’ health.