First 500 hospital beds at McCormick Place to be set up this week
Chicago’s McCormick Place will have 500 temporary hospital beds available by the end of this week, Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday.
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Optometric Association requests postponement of all non-emergency procedures
Illinois optometrists should postpone all non-emergency eye appointments and procedures due to the new coronavirus pandemic, according to guidance from the Illinois Optometric Association.
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Durbin calls on CMS to withdraw proposed Medicaid rule change
Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin joined more than two dozen of his colleagues last week in requesting that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services withdraw a federal rule change that could cause the state to lose millions in its Medicaid program.
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Report: COVID-19 deaths in Illinois expected to peak by mid-April
The number of COVID-19 deaths in Illinois could peak at 91-per-day by mid-April, according to a study by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
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Pritzker pushes testing as COVID-19 cases, deaths mount
Gov. JB Pritzker said Sunday that labs in Illinois could be processing 10,000 COVID-19 tests a day in just over a week.
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Eight more deaths in Illinois from new coronavirus
Officials announced Friday that eight more people have died from COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 34.
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NorthShore CEO Gallagher talks COVID-19 preparedness
In the past three weeks, NorthShore University HealthSystem has canceled elective surgeries, turned outpatient sites into screening centers and aggressively ramped up its testing capabilities.
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UChicago Medicine to bring back employees potentially exposed to COVID-19
University of Chicago Medicine will bring back workers who were furloughed after potential exposure to COVID-19, part of a larger plan that will also implement universal masking for all staff.
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Chicago to close lakefront to public
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday that the city would indefinitely close its lakefront to the public.
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Illinois launches new fund to help nonprofits offering COVID-19 services
Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday the launch of the Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund, a partnership with the United Way of Illinois and the Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations, that will support nonprofits serving those impacted by the pandemic.
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Officials announce 673 new cases of COVID-19, seven more deaths
Illinois officials reported 673 new cases of the new coronavirus Thursday, the biggest day-to-day increase so far. That brings the total number of confirmed cases to 2,538.
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673 new cases of COVID-19, seven deaths in Illinois
Illinois officials reported 673 new cases of the new coronavirus Thursday, the biggest day-to-day increase so far. That brings the total number of confirmed cases to 2,538.
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Duckworth, Durbin approve $2 trillion new coronavirus stimulus package
Illinois’ two Democratic U.S. senators joined their colleagues Wednesday night in supporting a $2 trillion bill intended to mitigate the dire financial straits caused by the pandemic.
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Raoul, AGs call on online stores to comply with price gouging laws
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined a coalition of colleagues to urge major online retailers to “rigorously monitor” price gouging practices on their services.
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Limited supplies could hamper state’s ramp-up of COVID-19 testing
A shortage of key supplies and equipment could hamper the state’s ability to ramp up testing for COVID-19, according to Dr. Karen Kaul, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at NorthShore University HealthSystem, which is hoping to nearly triple its testing capacities within the next week.
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Illinois moves tax filing deadline to July, COVID-19 death count now at 19
Illinois will delay April’s tax filing deadline by three months to provide economic relief during the new coronavirus pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday.
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