Jake Griffin
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How Illinois would administer COVID-19 booster shotsMay 20, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois public health officials say “if or when booster doses” of the COVID-19 vaccine are recommended, the rollout probably won't involve mass vaccination sites or day...
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Illinois ranks 27th in percentage of residents fully vaccinatedMay 20, 2021 1:00 am - With 37.5% of residents listed as fully vaccinated, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranks Illinois 27th among the 50 states. However, Illinois Depart...
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What you need to know about COVID-19 restrictions easing Friday in the 'Bridge Phase'May 13, 2021 1:00 am - Friday hearkens the arrival of Illinois' long-awaited “Bridge Phase” as part of the state's COVID-19 reopening plan. Guided by a decrease of hospitalizations and new cas...
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Six Flags donates 50,000 free tickets to encourage youths to get vaccinesMay 13, 2021 1:00 am - Six Flags Great America is offering 50,000 free tickets to people getting vaccinated as part of a partnership with the state of Illinois intended to spur vaccinations am...
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Get the kids vaccinated? Many suburban parents eager to get it done, but others hesitateMay 11, 2021 1:00 am - Julie Herrera never really had to ask her 12-year-old daughter Ella if she wanted to get a COVID-19 vaccine. "I think she knew it had been approved for kids her age befo...
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Illinois surpasses 10 million COVID-19 shots as daily vaccination tallies reboundMay 11, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois passed a COVID-19 vaccination milestone with more than 10 million doses having now gone into the arms of people throughout the state. Most inoculations have bee...
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Vaccine teams move to office buildings to make getting COVID-19 shots easierMay 10, 2021 1:00 am - Major commercial buildings, including an office building in Schaumburg, soon will have COVID-19 vaccination teams on site to offer free inoculations to workers and other...
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As vaccine counts tick back up, Illinois is on track for looser COVID-19 restrictions this weekMay 10, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 vaccine providers throughout Illinois are again averaging more than 80,000 shots a day after spending all of last week below that threshold. Illinois Department...
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Voting rights demonstrations honor late legislator John LewisMay 08, 2021 1:00 am - As Regina Brent affixed a sign to her car with a picture of the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, she recalled other voting rights demonstrations she ha...
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COVID-19 update: 107,688 more shots, 22 more dead, 1,729 new casesMay 08, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials Saturday reported 107,688 more COVID-19 vaccines had been administered statewide. That brings the total number of doses administered to 9,827,646 ...