Category: COVID-19 Update

IDPH raises concern as COVID, RSV hospitalizations increase

COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses continue to rise in Illinois, with the Department of Public Health saying Friday they are increasingly concerned with pediatric ICU capacity.
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Advocate researchers to study potential inequities in long COVID diagnoses

Researchers at Advocate Health Care are set to explore whether providers are under-diagnosing long COVID in Chicago's Black community.
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State begins hearings on ways to improve Illinois’ public health

The maternal and infant health crisis, emerging diseases post–COVID-19 and treating racism as a public health crisis are among the priorities that state health leaders identified Tuesday as the biggest public health issues in Illinois.
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Vohra urges vaccination during Champaign County stop

Illinois’ top doctor on Wednesday urged residents to get their COVID-19 and flu vaccines, saying it is vital to protect loved ones from another potential ‘tripledemic’ of COVID-19, flu and RSV.
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Report finds pediatric ER visits from firearm injuries doubled during pandemic

The number of pediatric emergency department visits for firearm injuries doubled during the pandemic, according to a report released this week by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
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