Articles filed under Coronavirus
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COVID-19 update: All Illinois restaurant workers now eligible for vaccineMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - Sylvia Masters is seeing some familiar faces again at the breakfast restaurant she owns in Carol Stream. The regulars, the old-timers who used to fill the booths at Map...
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CDC director has feeling of 'impending doom' amid new spikeMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an impassioned plea to Americans Monday not to let their guard down in the fight against COV...
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Vaccine sites in Kane, Lake and Will counties will take all eligible IllinoisansMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - Starting this week, new mass vaccination clinics in Kane, Lake and Will counties will offer COVID-19 shots to anyone eligible in the state. Illinois is expanding vaccin...
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COVID vaccine found highly effective in real-world U.S. studyMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The U.S government's first look at the real-world use of COVID-19 vaccines found their effectiveness was nearly as robust as it was in controlled studies. The...
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WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animalsMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - GENEVA - A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the m...
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Cook County taking appointments for 25,000 more doses at 4 sites including Des PlainesMar 28, 2021 1:00 am - Daily Herald report Cook County Health will start releasing appointments at noon Sunday for about 25,000 more first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at four locations, includ...
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More than 16% of Illinoisans fully vaccinated; COVID-19 hospitalizations on the riseMar 28, 2021 1:00 am - While Illinois public health officials announced Sunday more than 16% of the state's population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, hospitalizations from the virus...
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Geneva prep athlete leading drive to donate blood to combat COVID-19Mar 28, 2021 1:00 am - A Geneva High School senior who contracted COVID-19 this fall made his first convalescent plasma donation in February, and now he's urging other survivors to do the same...
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Are these symptoms a result of the pandemic?Mar 27, 2021 7:00 am - Mood changes. Abdominal pain. Headaches. All symptoms of a variety of larger health issues. As pediatricians, we are seeing children and teenagers experiencing these ver...
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Illinois coronavirus case positivity rate continues its slow climbMar 27, 2021 1:00 am - State numbers for COVID-19 shots, new cases and deaths Friday all fell within the recent range, but the statewide test positivity number continued its slow upward climb,...