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Fights continued at Illinois schools over COVID-19 mask rules Tuesday – the second school day after a downstate judge issued an order halting the statewide mask mandate.
Watching mom and dad arguing over masks, and the shouting we've seen at school board meetings over the issue and a judge's order halting the state's COVID-19 mask mandate, can make for a traumatic experience for kids when they go to school with their peers.
The Illinois Education Association on Tuesday called on school districts to refrain from making any changes in COVID-19 mitigation policies after a downstate judge issued an order tossing Gov. JB Pritzker's school mask mandate.
When can we expect mask mandates actually to be lifted with hospitalizations declining? One health expert said it will likely be very soon.
Mass masked chaos – we've seen the scenes play out all across the state, as school districts have been scrambling to figure out how to handle the situation after a judge issued an order halting Gov. JB Pritzker's school mask mandate.
In west suburban Clarendon Hills, officials decided just to cancel in-person classes entirely Monday after a temporary restraining order halted Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-19 mask mandate.
Some Illinois schools were sent scrambling this weekend after a downstate judge put a temporary restraining order on Gov. JB Pritzker's mask mandate.
In the wake of a temporary restraining order issued last week by a downstate judge, schools in the Diocese of Joliet have decided to make masks recommended instead of mandatory.
While denouncing a downstate judge's ruling that halted his mask mandate for schools, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday that he hopes to have further guidance in the days to come on when COVID-19 mask requirements for indoor public settings can be lifted.
A downstate judge has granted a temporary restraining order in favor of a group that sued to end COVID-19 mask mandates in Illinois public school districts.
It was a heartbreaking decision – a Wheeling family sent their 96-year-old matriarch suffering from COVID-19 to the hospital, knowing she'd likely be alone. The family now wants a change in policy after she also died alone
A Chicago-based COVID-19 testing lab that was paid more than $140 million by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now at the center of two state health department investigations. Now, CBS 2's Chris Tye has learned another major client has pulled its contract.
Propelled in part by the especially contagious Omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday.
"We are doing this because of the rising cardiovascular death rates in women, particularly younger women under the age of 50, and particularly women of color. And this started before the pandemic, but it has been exacerbated by the pandemic," said Dr. Noel Bairey Merz medical director of the Barbara Streisand Women's Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
The Indiana Department of Health has announced that all state-run COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinics will be closed for the rest of the day Wednesday and all day Thursday due to the winter storm pounding the area.
