Illinois will partner with health plans on a new initiative aimed at vaccinating senior residents in underserved communities, officials announced Wednesday.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Wednesday his office is seeing an uptick in scams and frauds related to COVID-19 vaccination cards.
All essential workers in Cook County are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, officials announced Wednesday.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday the city will halt any plans to further lift COVID-19 mitigations until it can address a spike in new cases and hospitalizations.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,592 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total to 1,244,585.
Read MoreThis Holy Thursday at Quinn Chapel AME in Chicago, clergy leaders from a wide range of black communities will launch a Covid-19 vaccine video education program expected to reach up to 1 million Black and Latinx congregants during Easter weekend worship
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Two new mass vaccination sites will open next week at Chicago State University and the conference center next to Wrigley Field, city officials announced Tuesday.
Illinois will not lift any more COVID-19 restrictions until the current spike in cases and hospitalizations stabilizes, the state’s Department of Public Health said Tuesday.
Opioid-related deaths in Illinois rose by at least 30 percent in 2020, an official from the state's Department of Public Health told lawmakers on Tuesday.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,404 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,241,993.
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers on a plan intended to provide a temporary stopgap to quickly bring in doctors and nurses to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. JB Pritzker announced Monday that four mass vaccination sites will launch this week.
As Chicago begins the next phase of its vaccine eligibility, city officials announced Monday it will partner with the Chicago Federation of Labor on a new vaccination site dedicated to administering doses to essential union workers.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,761 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total to 1,239,589.
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A House committee approved a plan Friday that would change the structure of the Children's Health Insurance Program so it falls under the state's Medicaid expansion.
A House committee signed off last week on a proposal to give greater coverage for mental health services.
