CDPH hosting vaccination clinic at City Colleges of Chicago location this weekend
The Chicago Department of Public Health is reminding Chicagoans to get their COVID and flu shots ahead of the holiday season.
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The Chicago Department of Public Health is reminding Chicagoans to get their COVID and flu shots ahead of the holiday season.
Chicago's top doctor predicts the city will move back into the medium COVID-19 risk level in the coming weeks.
Adults and children six months or older are invited to get their flu shots and the COVID-19 vaccine - including the new bivalent booster.
Several area hospitals are struggling to keep up with the number of children hospitalized with respiratory and other viruses. CBS 2's Jackie Kostek went to Comer Children's Hospital where pediatric beds have been full for 47 days. Hospital leaders said this respiratory virus season hit earlier, is stronger and involves multiple illnesses.
Cook County is urging everyone to get their updated COVID-19 boosters. Officials said there's been an uptick in new COVID cases in the area.
Those infected have mostly had cold-like symptoms and no one has had to be hospitalized.
The Illinois Veterans Home in LaSalle is facing a surge in COVID-19 cases. Some 42 residents and 23 staff members have tested positive at the facility, which is about 100 miles southwest of Chicago.
According to a statement, the public health agency's director is up to date with her vaccines.
Prosecutors said the defendants submitted fraudulent applications in which they claimed to own businesses in Illinois and Florida.
The changes are in line with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and they go into effect right away.
Here's what you should know about COVID-19 and updated boosters to prepare for a possible fall or winter surge.
The new boosters target both the original COVID-19 strain and the omicron variant.
As we approach winter, the Chicago Department of Public Health wants to make sure your family is up to date on vaccines.
The decision by federal health officials expands access to the updated shots for younger children.
The city of Chicago wants to make sure you're up to date on your COVID and flu vaccines.
Their goal is to monitor COVID trends and community transmission levels.
The Illinois Department of Public Health said it will pick 20 K-12 schools across Illinois take part in a 25-week pilot program.
The schools will be both elementary and middle schools in urban, suburban, and rural areas.
The township is hosting a booster clinic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. near Ravinia Avenue and 149th Street.
For two months Gunn's car has been stuck in an auto shop waiting on a left headlamp made by General Motors.
The Chicago Department of Public Health is hosting two COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinics Saturday.
"Getting your flu shot, in addition to being up-to-date with your COVID-19 vaccines, helps protect from serious illness as we enter the winter months," said CDPH Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady
New numbers from the Illinois Department of Public Health show COVID-19 therapies kept about 8,600 people out of the hospital in the past four months.
Illinois health officials say new data show COVID-19 treatments are working.
The reason behind the booster push: only 38% of people in Chicago are fully vaccinated and boosted.
