Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Illinois surpasses 35,000 COVID-19 deaths: Where its mortality rate ranks nationallySep 30, 2022 1:00 am - COVID-19 is now responsible for the deaths of more than 35,000 Illinois residents, state public health officials reported Friday. Illinois Department of Public Health re...
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DuPage Care Van to offer vaccines, boosters at Wheaton church Oct. 19Sep 29, 2022 11:00 pm - Adults and children, ages 6 months or older, can receive their initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and all those eligible can receive the new Pfizer Bivalent booster ...
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Aurora VA Clinic to offer special Saturday flu vaccinations on Oct. 1 and 15Sep 28, 2022 11:00 pm - Aurora VA Clinic will offer Saturday flu vaccinations on Oct. 1 and Oct. 15, from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Vaccinations are open to veterans enrolled in VA healthcare and CHA...
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Cook County moves into low COVID-19 transmission level. Now look out for the flu.Sep 23, 2022 1:00 am - Cook County and Chicago moved into the low category for COVID-19 transmissions, officials announced Friday. That's the first time since early May, the Cook County Depart...
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About 190,000 of state's new COVID-19 booster shots already administeredSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - Nearly 200,000 doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine booster targeting the highly contagious omicron subvariants have been administered throughout Illinois since becoming av...
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Pritzker lifts final COVID mitigation for classroomsSep 15, 2022 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday lifted his COVID-19 testing requirement for unvaccinated workers in Illinois schools and day care centers, essentially marking a full retu...
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How We Got The Story: The evolution of our pandemic coverageSep 10, 2022 1:00 am - Just as the virus itself has changed over the past two and a half years, the Daily Herald's coverage of the pandemic has evolved as well. In the early stages, new inform...
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Why the latest COVID-19 vaccine booster might mark beginning of annual inoculationsSep 09, 2022 1:00 am - State and local public health officials in Illinois were not too surprised this week when the head of the White House COVID-19 Response Team suggested the latest booster...
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Flu shot clinic at Wheeling hillage hall on Sept. 29Sep 08, 2022 1:00 am - Wheeling village officials and Jewel-Osco Pharmacy will conduct a flu shot clinic Sept. 29. The event will run from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the village hall, 2 Community Bl...
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More than 700,000 doses of new COVID-19 booster headed for Illinois in first shipmentSep 02, 2022 1:00 am - An initial shipment of 730,000 doses of the new COVID-19 bivalent booster shot are headed for Illinois after federal emergency use authorization Thursday. The Illinois D...