Slow COVID-19 booster rollout cost thousands of lives, new study says
Researchers estimated that through June 2022, if the U.S. moved at a faster pace to approve it and get people boosted, an estimated 29,000 lives could have been saved.
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Researchers estimated that through June 2022, if the U.S. moved at a faster pace to approve it and get people boosted, an estimated 29,000 lives could have been saved.
Americans still have ways to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at no out-of-pocket cost. Here's what to know.
Can you get your COVID booster and flu shot at the same time? Here's what health experts say.
Reformulated vaccine is already available at some pharmacies and will be more widely accessible starting next week.
But Cook County's senior medical officer said only 21% of county residents are fully vaccinated. Bauer said Lake County's rate is slightly higher at 25%.
"In the city of Chicago, only about one out of five eligible people have gotten their bivalent booster," said Dr. Katrine Wallace, who investigates patterns and causes of diseases as an epidemiologist.
The clinic is open from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. for everyone.
The new boosters target both the original COVID-19 strain and the omicron variant.
The decision by federal health officials expands access to the updated shots for younger children.
The new shot protects you against the oldest and latest coronavirus strains and just like COVID vaccines in the past, this booster will be free.
Millions of these vaccines are in the process of getting shipped across the country.
Federal health officials say thousands of updated booster shots are already being shipped around the country.
There is one more hurdle: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must decide whether to formally recommend the booster for this age group.
"We're hoping that by taking this action, we will help allow people to take steps to protect themselves should we have another wave that comes through this country," the FDA's top vaccines official, Dr. Peter Marks, told reporters.
A new era for public transportation in the Chicago region stared on Tuesday, as the Regional Transportation Authority – which oversaw the CTA, Metra, and Pace – was replaced by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
A family member said they spoke with him the night before he went missing, but didn't pick up on anything strange before he went missing.
Has nickel corner Kyler Gordon played his last snap with the Chicago Bears? Even general manager Ryan Poles doesn't know, as the veteran's injury saga continues.
City leaders discuss safety plans for the upcoming Labor Day weekend after last weekend saw three people killed and 39 others injured in shootings.
CBP informed Gregory Bovino in an email on March 2 that the agency was "conducting an official Inquiry into allegations of misconduct reported to CBP." He initiated retirement 16 days later.
The head of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection is stepping down.
Zoe Ma, the latest candidate to throw her hat into the Chicago mayoral race, officially launched her campaign on Tuesday.
While Mayor Brandon Johnson has yet to announce whether he's running for re-election in 2027, his political organization is inviting supporters to a "special announcement" next month.
The Supreme Court divided 5-4 in allowing construction of the new White House ballroom to continue.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
A law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against NIPSCO, alleging the utility's failure to manage trees and vegetation has left thousands of Northwest Indiana residents without power for up to two weeks.
Dozens of cases of E. coli and salmonella in multiple states are linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, health officials say.
A new Illinois law signed by Gov. Pritzker offers up to $1,000 to eligible homeowners hit by storm damage, but the money won't be available until next year — and the program only covers certain areas of Chicago.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
Patients taking the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, lived for a median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for chemotherapy recipients, studies showed.
Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, used performed a complex operation to preserve mobility for a 3-year-old boy who had to have part of his leg amputated after suffering a horrific accident with a lawnmower.
Possible measles exposures have been reported at a high school in Maple Park, Illinois, and a pediatric clinic in South Elgin, Kane County health officials said.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
Real estate investment and development firm Concord Capital has acquired nine apartment buildings on Elaine Place, a single-block residential street in Chicago's East Lakeview community.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
Tim Curry was known for his iconic performances in cult classics like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the original screen adaptation of Stephen King's "It."
Audience members at a stage performance of "9 to 5: The Musical" in the U.K. were heard gasping aloud at the news of Dolly Parton's death Tuesday.
A new era for public transportation in the Chicago region stared on Tuesday, as the Regional Transportation Authority – which oversaw the CTA, Metra, and Pace – was replaced by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
Marcin Bachleda Blaszczak, 29, of Lockport, was last seen at the Sugarlands Visitor Center, near Gatlinburg in eastern Tennessee, on August 22. Park officials said he was confirmed safe in North Carolina, outside of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Newly uncovered video shows that, two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home. The follow-up investigation raised a red flag that apparently was ignored.
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and French astronaut Sophie Adenot suited up for a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk. Meir rode the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to the worksites. Adenot remained tethered to the station.
The four stations will give runners the option of filling up their personal hydration gear, cutting down on the plastic waste from single-use cups.
Burglars struck at least eight different businesses in the Southport Corridor in Chicago's Lakeview community overnight Monday into Tuesday.
The City of West Chicago, Illinois, said is conducting a full review of its Flock camera system after a police officer was accused of misusing the system.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
A new era for public transportation in the Chicago region stared on Tuesday, as the Regional Transportation Authority – which oversaw the CTA, Metra, and Pace – was replaced by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
A family member said they spoke with him the night before he went missing, but didn't pick up on anything strange before he went missing.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
Red flags about a family behind two funeral homes and crematories shut down by the state for mishandling bodies were missed in part because two different agencies regulate the death industry in Illinois.
Police in west suburban Oak Brook used a new tool aimed at limiting high-speed chases to catch a fleeing van while responding to a burglary call overnight.
Has nickel corner Kyler Gordon played his last snap with the Chicago Bears? Even general manager Ryan Poles doesn't know, as the veteran's injury saga continues.
The NFL's thin line between success and failure figures to challenge the Chicago Bears in their bid to repeat as NFC North champions.
The longtime Dallas Cowboys quarterback and CBS Sports football analyst said he came to rely on alcohol to get off pain medications after multiple back surgeries.
The Houston Astros to a 6-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in a series opener between American League division leaders.
Jacob, a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan, sat in the front row at a recent game with his dad and sister, but Jacob was there to connect and possibly drum up some business with his favorite player, Jake Burger, who now plays for the Texas Rangers.
A man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to robbing two downtown Chicago banks in less than a week in 2023.
A woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that left a man and woman dead near Sugar Grove, Illinois, back in 2023.
A man was arrested and charged this week with stabbing another man in a fight in Chicago's Fuller Park neighborhood.
Burglars struck at least eight different businesses in the Southport Corridor in Chicago's Lakeview community overnight Monday into Tuesday.
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, was charged with murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur's death.
