New COVID Strain Found In Wisconsin
The strain was first identified in the UK last year.
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The strain was first identified in the UK last year.
There were renewed calls Tuesday to relax the indoor dining ban in Illinois, which has prohibited patrons from eating inside restaurants since the end of October.
A stay-at-home advisory for the surging coronavirus pandemic has been extended to Friday, Jan. 22.
Illinois public health officials Saturday reported 6,717 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 101 additional deaths.
Some health care workers who are eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine now are too scared to get the shot.
The rollout of COVID-19 vaccine is running slowly in Illinois and across the country – and on Monday, 5,059 new cases of the virus were confirmed.
The Wisconsin hospital worker accused of intentionally removing 57 vials of a COVID-19 vaccine from a pharmacy refrigerator has been arrested, local police announced Thursday.
A Wisconsin hospital worker has been fired for intentionally removing COVID-19 vaccine from a refrigerator – forcing the hospital to throw out more than 500 doses.
The mother of a LaSalle County teenager who committed suicide is among five parents suing Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois High School Association over COVID-19 restrictions.
Despite a vote last week that Mercy Hospital & Medical Center could not close, staff members said plans to do so are still in the works.
For some, staying home and avoiding congregate settings is easier said than done – especially in the Latino community.
A Centers for Disease Control advisory panel recommended on Sunday that the next two groups of Americans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine should be those 75 and older and frontline workers — including police, firefighters, teachers and grocery workers.
Trinity Health wants to close Mercy Hospital, saying the site is losing money as well as patients. It has proposed to open an outpatient clinic about two miles away.
CBS News Medical Contributor Dr. David Agus joined CBS 2's Marie Saavedra on Monday with some useful information about the COVID-19 vaccine.
The effort to protect health care workers with a COVID-19 vaccine is starting – but what about average workers; the general population composed of millions of others in Illinois and specifically Chicago?
