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Sangamon County's COVID cases up 4.5%; Illinois cases up 7.5%
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew coronavirus cases increased 7.5% in Illinois in the week ending Sunday as the state added 26,127...
Complexity, scale of COVID-19 relief fraud spurs bill extending statute of limitations for...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOn the same day the COVID-19 public health emergencies ended in Illinois, the state Senate sent to...
Illinois health department urges schools to watch for monkeypox; COVID-19 measures pulled back
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMonitoring students and staff at Illinois schools for new and unexplained lesions is among the new monkeypox prevention guidance recommended this week by the state’s health department as officials ...
Pediatrician and health care policy expert at SIU named director of Illinois Public Health...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday appointed a professor from the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine to lead the state Department of Public Health as highly contagious coronavirus variants ...
Some Illinois school districts to ditch COVID-19 tests this fall: ‘The demand really wasn’t there’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — Despite the urging of the state’s health department to resume school-based COVID-19...
Cyberattack is a factor in Illinois hospital’s closure
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA hospital in Illinois will close on Friday due in part to a cyberattack – a rare case of a health...
State reports another COVID-19 outbreak at LaSalle home where 36 veterans died two years ago
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe state-run veterans home in LaSalle where 36 residents died during a coronavirus outbreak two years ago is experiencing another surge of COVID-19, state officials announced Monday. As of ...
Slight COVID-19 uptick in Chicago ‘not a major concern,’ former CDPH director says
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAmid a slight national uptick in COVID-19 cases, Chicago’s public health commissioner said the city...
Chicago expected to reach ‘high’ COVID-19 level as soon as next week
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — Chicago is expected to increase to a “high” community level of COVID-19 next week as positive cases continue rising across the city and suburbs, public health officials said Friday ...
Chicago and suburbs reach low risk level for COVID-19 as new cases, hospitalizations decline
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChicago and Cook County moved from a medium to low COVID-19 community level Friday, according to the...