Watch CBS News
The Chicago Department of Public Health is now offering COVID-19 booster shots for all Chicagoans 16 and older, and advises that now is the time to get a vaccine and booster with the holidays coming this week.
With COVID-19 surging across the state, health officials are not only encouraging booster shots – but also trying to make it easier to get one.
A Cook County COVID-19 vaccination event in south suburban Dixmoor Sunday also involved a holiday gift giveaway.
The remaining run of "Pretty Woman: The Musical" at the CIBC Theatre downtown has been canceled because of breakthrough COVID-19 cases among the cast and crew.
There were major developments Friday when it comes to abortion rights in Illinois - including a federal green light to access abortion pills by mail.
COVID-19 cases in Illinois have surged to the highest daily total in more than a year, and it is putting a serious strain on hospitals.
A Northwestern-DePaul basketball game scheduled for Saturday has been canceled due to COVID-19 cases among the DePaul Blue Demons men's team.
Hospitals in Indiana are seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases. The state is seeing over 4,700 positive cases between just Monday and Tuesday. They're also seeing some of the highest hospitalization numbers since the beginning of the pandemic.
In a groundbreaking new approach, Northwestern University has opened the country's first ever urology clinic tailored to gay and bisexual men.
Parker Junior High School in Flossmoor has moved to remote learning due to an outbreak of COVID-19.
A Chicago resident has been confirmed as the first positive case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Oak Park-River Forest High School has decided to reverse its decision to put a stop to sports and extracurricular activities.
The State of Wisconsin is investigating an outbreak of COVID-19 at a wedding in Milwaukee, in which five out of 12 people were infected with the omicron variant.
A masking controversy is bubbling up at an elementary school in Wicker Park – with regard to whether kids need to be masked during outdoor recess as a mitigation against COVID-19.
DePaul University is moving the first two weeks of its winter quarter online, due both to concerns about the omicron variant of COVID-19 and the possibility of a winter surge.
