Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Chicago fight with teachers union stretches into 2nd weekJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - The leader of the Chicago Teachers Union on Monday blamed the city's mayor for the continued standoff over COVID-19 protocols as classes for hundreds of thousands of stu...
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Woodland schools to resume in-person instruction TuesdayJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Woodland Elementary School District 50 will resume in-person classes Tuesday after providing more than 500 COVID-19 tests to students, teachers and the community in the ...
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Chicago students to return WednesdayJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - The Chicago Teachers Union's governing body has voted to suspend its labor action and return to in-person work Tuesday, ending a bitter dispute with Chicago Public Schoo...
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Despite misgivings with vaccine rules, Rosemont officials are doing 'best we can' on enforcementJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Rosemont officials said Monday they're doing "the best we can" to enforce Cook County's proof-of-vaccination mandate at municipal-owned venues such as the Allstate Arena...
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Citing vaccine mandate, Bob Chinn's Crab House to pause operations for a month in WheelingJan 09, 2022 12:00 am - Citing Cook County's proof-of-vaccination mandate, the popular Bob Chinn's Crab House in Wheeling is closing for the next month, management announced Saturday. "Due to u...
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Almost half of patients at McHenry County's Northwestern Medicine hospitals have COVID-19Jan 09, 2022 12:00 am - As many as half of the patients hospitalized in Northwestern Medicine's over-capacity McHenry County hospitals have COVID-19, hospital officials said. Now, Northwestern ...
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Awaiting trial for murder, Algonquin eye doctor dies of COVID-19Jan 08, 2022 12:00 am - An Algonquin eye doctor who had been awaiting trial for the 2019 first-degree murder of his girlfriend, and who was investigated in his wife's suspicious death eight yea...
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The higher the vaccination rate, the lower the death rate: How Illinois is proving itJan 08, 2022 12:00 am - Before COVID-19 vaccines became available in late 2020, the virus had claimed 145 of every 100,000 Illinois residents. That was the 11th highest mortality rate for COVID...
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As omicron spreads, Europe scrambles to shore up health careJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Troops have been deployed to London hospitals. Health care workers infected with COVID-19 are treating patients in France. The Netherlands is un...
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District 63 going to remote learning because of COVID-19Jan 07, 2022 12:00 am - Six of East Maine School District 63's seven schools will shift to remote learning next week because of the COVID-19 crisis, officials announced Friday. The decision app...