Articles filed under Coronavirus
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois the lowest in a monthJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations hit their lowest point in a month, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Thursday. As of Wednesday night, there were 4,824 COVID-19 ...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases are down, but blood donors neededJan 26, 2022 12:00 am - Average hospitalizations for COVID-19 decreased by 17% and new cases shrank by 52% compared to last week, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Wednesday. The...
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Illinois will launch mortgage assistance program this springJan 26, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Beginning this spring, the Illinois Housing Development Authority will start accepting applications for homeowners experiencing financial hardship during t...
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Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adultsJan 25, 2022 12:00 am - Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the original s...
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Vaccination rates in the suburbs for kids 5 to 11 among state's highest but inconsistentJan 25, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 vaccination rates for children ages 5 to 11 in the suburbs and Chicago are among the highest in the state, but significant gaps exist between counties, state da...
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2 years ago, Illinois' first COVID-19 case was diagnosed. 2.8 million (and counting) followed.Jan 24, 2022 4:30 am - It's now been two years since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Illinois. A Chicago woman who had just returned from Wuhan, China, on Jan. 13, 2020, began exhi...
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More migrants seek asylum through reopened Canadian borderJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (AP) - Whenever a bus arrives at the Greyhound station in Plattsburgh, New York, a small band of taxi drivers waits to drive passengers on a half-hour tr...
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China tests 2 million in Beijing, lifts COVID lockdown in Xi'anJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Less than two weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics, a few dozen COVID-19 cases in Beijing have prompted authorities to test millions of people ...
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WHO chief warns against talk of 'endgame' in pandemicJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - GENEVA - The World Health Organization's director-general on Monday warned that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and it's dangerous to ass...
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Court weighing whether to block school COVID mitigations statewideJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A Sangamon County judge is considering a motion to block Illinois schools from requiring people to wear masks in classes and excluding students and staff m...