One year since Chicago's first mpox case, health officials still urge caution after cases this spring
Chicago health officials urge vaccinations after more than 30 cases were reported in Chicago since April.
Chicago health officials urge vaccinations after more than 30 cases were reported in Chicago since April.
A total of 24 cases have been confirmed in Chicago and suburban Cook County since March, along with two probable cases.
All of those affected have been symptomatic men – most of whom have already had two doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine.
All the cases in the Chicago area were among men between the ages of 24 and 46.
The World Health Organization urged countries to adopt the new name for the disease, citing the "ongoing negative impact" of the original.
The Chicago Department of Public Health wants to make sure everyone is healthy while we bundle up this winter.
The Chicago Department of Public Health wants to make sure everyone is healthy while we bundle up this winter.
Both of the people who died had several other health conditions – including weakened immune systems.
Both of the people who died had several other health conditions – including weakened immune systems.
District 427 said in a news release it was notified of the case by the DeKalb County Health Department on Wednesday, but did not specify if the person who tested positive was a student or staff member.
The school district did not say whether the person was a student or staff member.
The clinics will be held Saturday at Truman College and Malcolm X College, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Officials urge continued vigilance as Chicago joins growing list of cities whose monkeypox cases have slowed in recent weeks.
Health officials are expressing cautious optimism at the trend. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
Illinois has now hit a total of 1,005 monkeypox cases during this outbreak – but health leaders are expressing cautious optimism as the cases are trending down overall. CBS 2’s Marissa Perlman reports.
CBS 2 has tracked Monkeypox, or MPV, since the start of the outbreak in early May. Illinois now has at least 1,000 cases of MPV.
Dr. Jessica Brinkworth is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an evolutionary immunologist. She breaks down how the virus emerged, common misconceptions about monkeypox, and how to best protect yourself in a variety of personal and professional settings.
Two vaccine clinics are taking place to protect people against both COVID-19 and monkeypox.
The pain was so excruciating that a prescribed opioid didn't even help – that was Carson Twitchell's experience after he contracted monkeypox last month.
The pain was so excruciating that a prescribed opioid didn’t even help – that was the experience of a popular fitness trainer after he contracted monkeypox last month. CBS 2's Jackie Kostek reports.
"Our MPV vaccine supply continues to increase, and we are pleased to be opening up larger clinics to serve even more Chicagoans, while still working to vaccinate those at highest risk to help stop the spread."
As monkeypox spreads, the Chicago Department of Public Health is hoping more vaccine doses get to Chicago soon.
Richard Streetman, who has attended the North Halsted Street festival since 1998 and is performing this year, reminds everyone who attends to protect themselves against monkeypox as they already know how. CBS 2's Jackie Kostek reporrts.
Monkeypox cases are on the rise, and Illinois has the third highest confirmed case count in the U.S. Epidemiologist Dr. Katrine Wallace joins CBS 2's Brad Edwards to sort things out.
CBS 2's Jackie Kostek talked with Richard Streetman, who has been coming to Market Days for 24 years and is performing this year. He says people know how to protect themselves against monkeypox -- they just need to do it.
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Usually, action days in Springfield focus on legislative issues related to Illinois' Muslim community, but this year, the organizers said, is different.
"Everybody is going to see her story. Hopefully, somebody wants to help."
A 29-year-old man was shot in the stomach and leg and later died at the University of Chicago Hospital.
"I am an irate customer because you have taken my package, and you have no intention of shipping it out."
A meeting on the subject Wednesday was not in person, but virtual—and notably absent was Gov. Pritzker himself.
"The intensity of these protests will probably slow down if Israel and the United States accept the terms of the Palestinians," protest organizer Hatem Abudayyeh said.
A guest speaker will also give firsthand accounts about the situation in Gaza amid the war between Israel and Hamas.
Rep. Marjorie Tyalor Greene has dangled the threat of dethroning Johnson since late March after he relied on Democrats to push through a $1.2 trillion spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
He spent much of the nearly 90-minute speech off prompter, including an unscripted assessment of abortion rights following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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.
Anyone with these sausages in their refrigerators should throw them away or return them to the store.
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.
Officials said there was no known link between this case and the recent outbreak of measles at a migrant shelter in Chicago.
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.
The closure affects both Dom's locations in Chicago, and all 33 Foxtrot stores in Chicago, Texas, and the Washington D.C. area.
Paramount said long-time CEO Bob Bakish will leave the company, which is in discussions to explore a sale or merger.
The vinyl sales alone were monumental, Billboard said, with "the largest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era."
Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges has been overturned by the State of New York Court of Appeals.
Still, Ravinia is capitalizing on the situation with a limited-edition shirt—reading, "Ravinia Interrupta," and calling the cicada buzz the loudest song of summer.
The singer was found deceased at her home, a representative said.
CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports, Plainfield resident Christine Todd is in urgent need of a living kidney donor. Her kidneys are failing due to polycystic kidney disease. She's hoping to find that person at Guaranteed Rate Field.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has a look at the extended forecast.
Three Northwestern University students filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Northwestern University of enabling the harassment of Jewish students when a pro-Palestinian tent encampment was set up on campus recently.
Built in 1930, Theodore Roosevelt High School is one of only three Indiana high schools built specifically for Black students in the Jim Crow era. It closed in 2019 when the heating system failed, causing water pipes to burst.
Muslim American advocates from Chicago traveled down to the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to also call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
"The intensity of these protests will probably slow down if Israel and the United States accept the terms of the Palestinians," protest organizer Hatem Abudayyeh said.
Trump will deliver remarks at 2 p.m. central time at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road.
Usually, action days in Springfield focus on legislative issues related to Illinois' Muslim community, but this year, the organizers said, is different.
"Everybody is going to see her story. Hopefully, somebody wants to help."
A 29-year-old man was shot in the stomach and leg and later died at the University of Chicago Hospital.
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.
He is taking over the wheel for his wife, Leah Pruett, a veteran drag racer who coached his husband in a very different circuit for Stewart.
The Sox' Andrew Benintendi homered leading off the eighth to tie it at 5 after Minnesota scored twice in the top half. But the Twins pulled it out in the ninth.
The teams were hitless in six plate appearances with runners in scoring position against the starters.
The Chicago Fire have a handful of homegrown players on the roster, including Brian Gutierrez, who led the team in assists and was named Team MVP last season.
Garrett Crochet pitched five innings for the White Sox, allowing two runs and five hits after dropping his previous three starts.
A 29-year-old man was shot in the stomach and leg and later died at the University of Chicago Hospital.
Officials say that a school shooting threat was "neutralized" at a middle school west of Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday morning, with no reported injuries to those inside the school.
Police said officers were flagged down at the school around 11:45 a.m., after a female entered the school, approached a group of eight teen females, all between 15 and 19 years old, and sprayed a chemical irritant.
LaPorte County Sheriff's deputies found multiple vacuum-sealed packages of drugs in a pickup truck during a traffic stop.
Craig Messiah-Smith, 24, was Monday afternoon, just minutes after police said he shot two women inside a home in the 7400 block of South Ellis Avenue.