Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Building changes, extra staffing: How suburban schools are spending final COVID grant fundsAug 12, 2023 1:00 am - Like many suburban school districts, Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 officials used a hefty chunk of the final round of federal COVID-relief grant funds to upg...
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As Johnson had promised, Chicago health leader Dr. Arwady fired over 'different views'Aug 12, 2023 1:00 am - Dr. Allison Arwady, the health commissioner who steered Chicago through the COVID-19 pandemic, was fired Friday, as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson had promised because of...
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How has Cook County spent its COVID-relief money? New website explainsAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - Cook County has launched a new website - arpa.cookcountyil.gov - to show how the county is spending the $1 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds it has recei...
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Monthly COVID deaths drop to an all-time low in IllinoisAug 05, 2023 1:00 am - Hospitalization figures also keep dropping in Illinois
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'Pandemic within the pandemic': Long COVID affects a third of COVID-19 survivors, study saysJul 13, 2023 1:00 am - In May, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 public health emergency over. But thousands of patients diagnosed with long COVID still suffer lingering neur...
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FDA advisers endorse updating COVID vaccines to target latest omicron strainJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall. Today's vaccines still contain the original coronavirus strain, the one that started the pandemic —...
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The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wastedJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Much of the theft was brazen, even simple. Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Chea...
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COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency useMay 25, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer received full approval on Thursday for its COVID-19 pill Paxlovid that's been the go-to treatment against the coronavirus. More than 11 million ...
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Pritzker signs law that gives benefits to Chicago first responders disabled by COVIDMay 10, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law providing full disability benefits to Chicago police officers and firefighters struck by COVID-19 before vacci...
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Pritzker reflects on three years of pandemic as disaster declarations are set to endMay 10, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. J.B. Pritzker recalls being handed a report from researchers at the University of Illinois. The analysi...