Free COVID tests now available as cases are on the rise
The spike is just one of the reasons the feds are now making free COVID tests available again.
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The spike is just one of the reasons the feds are now making free COVID tests available again.
In a statement, a spokesperson said, "We are aware of some locations where appointments had to be rescheduled due to delays in supply."
Walgreens is responding to questions about COVID-19 vaccine appointments getting canceled at some of its pharmacies.
Can you get your COVID booster and flu shot at the same time? Here's what health experts say.
Two years after a pharmacy director admitted selling "empty" COVID vaccine vials to CBS 2, we know more about the steps hospital administrators took immediately after we brought the vaccine vials sale to their attention and a state investigation was launched. CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker reports.
After a pharmacy director admitted selling "empty" COVID vaccine vials to CBS 2, the hospital changed policy to protect the public.
The new shots are similar to previously approved formulas but were updated to target strains of the virus descended from Omicron.
The new COVID-19 vaccines for fall 2023 started rolling out this week.
Shots will be free at city-run clinics and federally qualified-health centers. People with private insurance should go to a pharmacy or doctor's office.
Reformulated vaccine is already available at some pharmacies and will be more widely accessible starting next week.
They could be available as soon as Wednesday, but there are still questions. Does everyone really need a shot? And what will they cost?
In Chicago, COVID-19-related hospitalizations were up 21%, CDC data show.
Cases of the new COVID variant BA.2.86 have been spotted in Michigan, Denmark and Israel.
In the most recent data, 77.5% of Americans ages 16 and older have antibodies from at least one prior infection.
Researchers are now looking for biomarkers in the blood of long COVID patients to see if there's a way to better identify them so they can provide more precision treatment.
It will be the 589th pop-up COVID and flu vaccine clinic in the city.
For now, you can still come to health centers around Cook County for vaccines – and the county is even still paying people to get the shot. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
"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.
With Chicago and Cook County still in that low-risk category, the city's top doctor wants to stay there.
If you still need to get your flu shot or COVID booster make plans to head to Olive Harvey College Saturday.
From 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., anyone 6 months and older can get COVID vaccines and boosters along with flu vaccines.
"Whether that's getting up-to-date with recommended vaccines, choosing to wear a high-quality mask in crowded indoor spaces, or improving ventilation at your next gathering, do something to protect yourself and those around you."
Doctor Allison Arwady, Commissioner for the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) said currently fewer than 20% of Chicago kids under age five have gotten their COVID boosters.
The former employees claim the company violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The former employees claim the company violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
For those not looking forward to Valentine's Day, the Shedd Aquarium has a solution that involves a forest preserve, an invasive tree, and fire.
Presale for Noah Kahan's upcoming tour began on Tuesday.
Indiana plans to build a bronze statue of longtime basketball coach Bob Knight inside Assembly Hall, where he led the Hoosiers to national championships in 1976, 1981 and 1987.
Horrific details of the deadly shooting of a Joliet mother and her 4-year-old son were revealed in court documents as the accused shooter was denied pre-trial release.
Landmarks Illinois announced Tuesday that it has awarded an emergency grant to the Chicago Loop Synagogue downtown to help with the replacement of a broken boiler.
DuPage County opened up its polls for early voting in the 2026 primary on Tuesday after a snag.
Chicago aldermen this week will consider $29.2 million in settlements in wrongful convictions linked to disgraced former CPD Det. Reynaldo Guevara.
Two Illinois state legislators want to make sure school districts get the funding they need.
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
President Trump criticized Team USA freestyle skier Hunter Hess after he and other American athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics shared their thoughts on U.S. politics.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
Bad Bunny took the stage at halftime for the 2026 Super Bowl. Here's who else performed at Super Bowl 60.
Gamers across the world can now recreate drone strikes in Ukraine from the comfort of their own home, with this newly released game.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is in the 2026 Illinois primary, running to replace Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate. This is his full interview with CBS Chicago Political Reporter Chris Tye.
If you like it, then you better put a pin on it. The Olympic tradition of swapping and buying pins is currently underway in Milan.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the extended forecast.
The trend is tied to tensions over President Trump’s push to take over Greenland.
The $4 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge has been entirely paid for and will be jointly owned by the Canadian federal government and the State of Michigan. But President Trump said he won’t allow the bridge to open until the U.S. is “fully compensated for everything we have given Canada.”
A hazmat team responded to a rideshare vehicle after the driver and passenger picked up a package before getting sick in Logan Square.
They said both of the washed checks were made out to the same name
Savannah Guthrie has asked people across the country for help with the search for her mom, Nancy Guthrie.
For those not looking forward to Valentine's Day, the Shedd Aquarium has a solution that involves a forest preserve, an invasive tree, and fire.
Presale for Noah Kahan's upcoming tour began on Tuesday.
This is due in part to the new "Big Beautiful Bill" and job cuts at the Internal Revenue Service.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Indiana plans to build a bronze statue of longtime basketball coach Bob Knight inside Assembly Hall, where he led the Hoosiers to national championships in 1976, 1981 and 1987.
Keith Brookshire details his friendship with Seattle Seahawks wide receivers coach Frisman Jackson and the generosity he continues to provide to Chicago student athletes.
Anfernee Simons scored 23 points for Chicago, which lost its fifth straight.
Here is a look at where the medal count stands for Team USA and other nations as the competition heats up at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Some 2026 Winter Olympics athletes say their winning medals are falling apart, coming detached from their ribbons.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted videos of a person outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Savannah Guthrie, on the morning of her disappearance.
Kouri Richins allegedly poisoned her husband Eric by putting a fatal dose of fentanyl in his drink, leading to his sudden death in 2022.
A woman stood charged Tuesday with slashing a woman in a fight in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood this past weekend.
A man has been charged and extradited from Iowa in a 2024 shooting that left another man dead in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.
A Wisconsin woman has been charged in the shooting death of a man last week in Chicago's western suburbs.
