CTA, Metra, Chicago airports end mask mandates after Gov. Pritzker lifts order
We spoke to a handful of CTA riders who all said they will continue to wear a mask while on the train anyway.
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We spoke to a handful of CTA riders who all said they will continue to wear a mask while on the train anyway.
The Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, Pace, and Chicago airports dropped their mask mandates after Gov. Pritzker said masks will no longer be required on public transit in Illinois. CBS 2's Meredith Barack reports.
Airline executives have been lobbying for an end to the mask mandate on airplanes as most states have rolled back their masking requirements for indoor settings.
A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering planes and other public transportation, and the Transportation Security Administration said it won't be enforcing the mandate anymore. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Citing a "robust response" of antibodies against Omicron in their vaccine trials, the companies said they were planning to submit a request "in the coming days."
CMT Music Awards co-hosts Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown join "CBS Mornings" to talk about preparing for country music's only fan-voted award show. Ballerini will co-host virtually after testing positive for COVID-19.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum sued the Center for Covid Control, or CCC, and its testing partner, Doctors Clinical Laboratory, for deceptively marketing testing services and for violating Oregon's Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
The speaker is fully vaccinated and received her booster shot, a spokesman for Pelosi tweeted.
McDonald’s has reached a settlement with former workers alleging harassment, a CTA train operator is recovering after being shoved onto the tracks, a second suspect has been charged in the murder of a woman in Hegewisch, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra musical director Riccardo Muti has tested positive for COVID-19.
According to a statement from the CSO he's been testing daily following protocols.
Doctors say clearing the way for new vaccine allows the fight to be nimbler if cases spike, but shoring up the most vulnerable now is the right move at the right time. CBS 2’s Chris Tye reports.
"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.
Immunocompromised Americans are also now eligible for an extra dose, as well as all those first vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson's vaccine.
"The number of daily tests conducted at these sites is on track to be the lowest on record with each site seeing fewer than 50 individuals per day," state officials said.
"My hope would be that it would allow them not to have to quarantine if there was an exposure."
Clinton said former President Bill Clinton has tested negative and that he will quarantine "until our household is fully in the clear."
Right now, the state of Illinois is considered low risk. The CDC's website lets people look for counties to look at the current risk level.
The move comes three weeks after the arena also dropped its mask requirement, although guests are still encouraged to wear masks.
A new rapid PCR COVID-19 test invented by Northwestern University faculty and Minute Molecular Diagnostics has received FDA emergency use authorization.
A new rapid PCR COVID-19 test invented by Northwestern University faculty and Minute Molecular Diagnostics has received FDA emergency use authorization. CBS 2's Meredith Barack reports.
Just as mandates end and more people are taking off their masks, another COVID variant is spreading, causing cases to rise around the world.
Critics of the mayor had wanted to use a special City Council meeting to demand changes to the vaccine mandate for city workers, but couldn't get a quorum to show up.
The teachers' union has said the CPS decision to end its mask mandate is a "clear violation" of a COVID-19 safety agreement.
Despite the spread of the new subvariant, U.S. daily cases and hospitalizations continue to drop while deaths plateau.
The lawsuits claim the LaSalle Veterans’ Home was negligent in how it handled a COVID-19 outbreak that killed more than 30 veterans. CBS 2's Tim McNicholas reports.
