Chicago to offer $500 grants for families with students with disabilities
The aim is to help families handle the impact with COVID-19.
The aim is to help families handle the impact with COVID-19.
A new Chicago city initiative is giving away $500 grants to kids with disabilities with no strings attached, called the Diverse Learners Recovery Fund.
Doctors say most kids with long COVID recover over several months but about one-third experience symptoms even one year later.
The new guidelines end guidance for Americans to stay home for five days after testing positive for COVID.
The new guidelines end guidance for Americans to stay home for five days after testing positive for COVID. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it would wind down much of its remaining guidance specifically targeted at COVID-19, including an official end to a pandemic-era plea for Americans to stay home for five days after testing positive.
The new recommendations apply to COVID-19 and other viruses, like flu and RSV.
The updated vaccine is also available to those with compromised immune systems.
Studies show that even when the virus is mild and exclusively confined to the lungs, it can still provoke inflammation in the brain and impair brain cells' ability to regenerate.
Her equipment is in storage, and her lab was closed because the federal government never paid her a dime.
The CDC is reportedly weighing a revision to COVID-19 guidance which could allow people who test positive to return to work sooner.
The CDC is expected to ease its COVID-19 guidance this spring. Among the updates: no longer needing to isolate if you are fever free for 24 hours with mild or improving symptoms.
Starting next school year, parents must pay the district $75. That's down almost $100 from the old fee. District leaders said that money will be used to offset the cost of books and other supplies.
The focus was on improving patient care and advancing research.
For the first time, the disease known as Long COVID was addressed on Capitol Hill. Led by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee heard testimonies from Long COVID patients as well as experts studying the disease. Their focus was on improving patient care and advancing research. Clinical epidemiologist Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly joined the CBS 2 stream to break down his testimony as well as the next steps he hopes to see in the fight against Long COVID.
As of Tuesday, the Illinois Department of Public Health had the state under a moderate level of activity when it comes to respiratory illness.
We are now on the tail end of respiratory viral infection season, but doctors say we are not yet in the clear. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
COVID-19, the flu, and RSV are all hitting hard. In particular as COVID cases gradually increase, health leaders are reminding people to take the necessary precautions in protecting themselves. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
The new JN.1 variant is to blame for the latest spike.
Rush is also adjusting visiting hours and the number of visitors permitted.
The health system is again requiring masks amid a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
In the last four weeks, hospitalizations are skyrocketing for the flu, RSV and COVID-19.
Haggerty allegedly stole while he was free on court-ordered release as a different federal fraud case against him was pending.
"COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising quickly," the CDC said, and the new variant JN.1 is making up an increasing share of cases.
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 -- matching Israel's uptake and speed.
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Marina Mabrey was gunning from deep and had a game-high 20 points.
The Biden administration defending new legislation that would force the Chinese-owned social media company ByteDance to sell to a U.S. owner—or be banned sometime in the next year.
The tree crushed the aluminum siding on the chimney, exposing the wood frame and pink insulation fiber to the street.
Researchers hope their findings will inspire action to make hearing aid devices more affordable since they can cost over $1,000 per ear.
Stormy Daniels was called to the witness stand to testify at former President Donald Trump's trial in New York on Tuesday.
Alderpeople are looking to try to stop rogue towers from making thousands off drivers who thought they were signing their car away to someone they could trust.
The start date for former President Trump's classified documents trial was originally scheduled for May 20.
The lawsuit claims that the measure, signed into law by President Biden, is unconstitutional.
The race for the White House tops the ballot Tuesday in Indiana's presidential and state primaries, but voters will also have to settle more competitive contests for governor, Congress, and the state legislature.
Alderpeople are looking to try to stop rogue towers from making thousands off drivers who thought they were signing their car away to someone they could trust.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
The family didn't get their cut of the estate sale, not hearing back from the salesman until CBS 2 got involved.
The Better Business Bureau warns that anyone buying an event ticket should watch out for fake ticket scams.
Financial records show Paul Croft and J.D. Frost raised about $30 million for a hydrogen plant that was supposed to be, at one point, in Indiana. It never existed, an attorney says.
Researchers hope their findings will inspire action to make hearing aid devices more affordable since they can cost over $1,000 per ear.
First known HIV cases from a nonsterile injection for cosmetic reasons highlights the risk of unlicensed providers.
The city's measles dashboard said a total of 63 measles cases have been confirmed in Chicago this year, with one new case this week.
The department said anyone who visited the Sam's Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park one day last week may have been exposed to someone with measles.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
The Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to notify workers of mass layoffs 60 days in advance.
Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that the Bears' shiny new dome could end up costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
The company announced Tuesday that it received a stalking horse bid to purchase its operating assets.
Dozens of typewriters clutter the shelves of the 24-year-old business owner's workshop inside his parents' home in Downers Grove.
For the past three months, a cast of 10 Asian American/Pacific Islander comedians has been working on the new program, "Youth in Asia (Are You Proud of Me Yet?)"
The stars came out for the the 2024 Met Gala in New York City. See some of the most eye-catching outfits of the night.
'Bob Hearts Abishola', the acclaimed comedy, is signing off after its fifth season on CBS.
Bernard Hill died Sunday at 79. The actor was known for his roles in "Lord of the Rings" and "Titanic."
"Sunday Morning" has an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the country singer's first post-stroke song, "Where That Came From," which blends art with artificial intelligence in a recording that captures Travis' country heart.
Caiden Frawley, a senior at Notre Dame College Prep's boy's volleyball team is doing more than just playing the game.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
Researchers hope their findings will inspire action to make hearing aid devices more affordable since they can cost over $1,000 per ear. CBS 2's Lauren Victory reports.
TikTok filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government Tuesday, trying to fend off new legislation that could essentially ban the platform next year. CBS 2's Sara Machi reports.
The street takeover was staged over the weekend at 59th Street and Western Avenue.
Tinley Park saw golf-ball-sized hail and Orland Park saw ping-pong-ball-sized hail, according to the National Weather Service.
The tree crushed the aluminum siding on the chimney, exposing the wood frame and pink insulation fiber to the street.
The barn collapsed in the 10800 block of Weidner Road in unincorporated McHenry County outside Harvard.
The Biden administration defending new legislation that would force the Chinese-owned social media company ByteDance to sell to a U.S. owner—or be banned sometime in the next year.
Researchers hope their findings will inspire action to make hearing aid devices more affordable since they can cost over $1,000 per ear.
Expert panel discussion centers the focus on the disparity that 1 in 3 victims of crime in Chicago is a Black woman
Police arrived at the scene sooner than if they had waited for the first 911 call.
Anthony Robinson's attorney said his previous defense lawyer failed to present evidence that showed it was physically impossible for him to be the shooter.
The village board is working on a resolution to hire Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor before her lone term as Chicago's mayor, to investigate claims Henyard has been misusing public funds.
DCFS Director Heidi Mueller was asked Thursday why some kids in the system are being held in psychiatric hospitals longer than medically necessary.
Marina Mabrey was gunning from deep and had a game-high 20 points.
The Cubs' Héctor Neris (2-0) pitched out of a jam in the ninth, when he retired Jackson Merrill on a pop fly with runners on first and second.
Zach Eflin allowed one run and six hits in seven innings as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 for their fifth consecutive win.
Going in, the Blackhawks had a 13.5% chance at scoring the first overall pick, even better than last year when they got the top pick to draft Connor Bedard.
Caiden Frawley, a senior at Notre Dame College Prep's boy's volleyball team is doing more than just playing the game.
Chicago Police detectives are asking anyone with additional photos or video to give them a call.
A new scathing lawsuit accused state employees of sexually abusing 95 people while they were children detained in Illinois detention facilities.
The girl was hit on the right side of her body. She was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, and her condition was stabilized, police said.
An Oswego family's two-year search to find out what happened to a missing man has ended, after Eddie Gardner's body was found in Chicago in March.
The judge in the case granted a request by defense attorneys for more time to prepare.