Articles filed under Illinois
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Health officials 'take a pause' on future United Center vaccine appointmentsMar 09, 2021 12:00 am - Once touted as a vaccination destination for all of Illinois, the United Center's remaining 130,000-plus appointments for vaccine doses will only go to Chicago and subur...
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74,372 get COVID-19 vaccine doses; state reports 16 more deaths, 1,510 new casesMar 09, 2021 12:00 am - State health officials reported 74,372 more COVID-19 vaccine inoculations Tuesday. Statewide, providers have now administered 3,463,150 doses of the vaccine and fully va...
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Black Caucus' law broadens school programs for diverse rollsMar 08, 2021 6:00 am - The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus celebrated another victory Monday in its multi-pronged approach to equity and fairness when its proposal to bolster public educatio...
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Illinois COVID-19 update: Daily fatalities lowest in monthsMar 08, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois hit a single-day low for COVID-19 fatalities not seen since September with five more deaths from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Heal...
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Illinois reports 1,068 new COVID-19 cases, and 14 new deathsMar 07, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public health officials on Sunday reported 1,068 new COVID-19 cases in the state, including 14 additional deaths. The Illinois Departm...
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Study of Black history deepens for central Illinois studentsMar 07, 2021 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - This year's Black History Month was about more than making posters and studying the Rev. Martin Luther King's 'œI Have a Dream'ť speech in schoo...
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Illinois offers webinars in March on using ladders safelyMar 07, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Labor wants to decrease the number of ladder-related injuries and deaths through education during March, 'œNational L...
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Why it will be harder for suburban residents to get vaccinated at United CenterMar 07, 2021 12:00 am - State and federal authorities announced changes Sunday making it more difficult for some suburban residents — and impossible for others — to get an appointment for a sho...
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Hospital marks year as southern Illinois' lone trauma centerMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Fifteen months after receiving official designation as a Level II trauma center, emergency department staff at SIH Memorial Hospital and the enti...
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COVID-19 shots set another record, but all other state metrics look worseMar 06, 2021 12:00 am - The number of doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered Friday climbed again to a new record in Illinois, but all the other metrics were worse than the day before, when cas...