Trump administration yanks Moderna's bird flu vaccine research funding
The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to Moderna to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu.
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The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to Moderna to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu.
Five years ago, Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Medical Intensive Care Unit was in the process of being transformed into a COVID ICU.
Tuesday marks the milestone of five years since the World Health Organization labeled COVID-19 a pandemic. Sara Machi talked with some Northwestern Memorial Hospital health care workers who were there for it all.
Tuesday marks five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
Believe it or not, the goal of the Doomsday Clock isn't to scare you. It's to make you take action.
Fifty-seven percent of high school girls in the U.S. said they felt persistently sad during the pandemic, double that of boys. CBS News Meg Oliver shows us what one school is doing to help.
Since April 2022, the state has given out more than $246 million in grants to help nearly 14,000 homeowners.
If you struggle to pay your mortgage, you have two months to apply for a state grant. Illinois will stop taking applications on October 31st for the Homeowner Assistance Fund Program.
COVID-19 has taken a toll on the nation's heart health, but how profound is only starting to emerge.
Bill Whitaker reports from Uganda's Impenetrable Forest, where scientists are trying to find the next deadly virus before it finds us.
This is largely an administrative declaration, but the end of the pandemic does mean some people could be losing their health care coverage. CBS News' Nicole D'Antonio reports.
Total CTA ridership is still only about half of what it was before COVID-19.
The World Health Organization made the announcement on Wednesday, March 11, 2020.
What does the future of the conventional American downtown look like, and did the pandemic change it forever? Studies show the COVID-19 pandemic caused a major shift in cities across the country. It's a shift some researchers indicate could be the beginning of the end for downtown areas, with remote work changing their landscape. So, what does it mean for Chicago? Will we see a pre-pandemic city again? And how do we stack up nationally? CBS 2 spent weeks working to answer those questions. Our team zoomed in locally, taking a close look at industries across Chicago, and hyper-focused in on the city's epicenter, The Loop.
In just a few weeks, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, recipients will see their benefits decrease.
The state still owes more than $1.3 billion. Pritzker wants to pay that off by the end of the year.
A new report finds problems with the $25 million system for pandemic unemployment systems that may explain why the state can't calculate fraud.
A woman's pandemic project turned into a passion. Decorating Chicago's sidewalks with colorful chalk creations.
We've learned that the after-work commute is back to being a nightmare -- but the morning drive in, not so much.
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.
Just as mandates end and more people are taking off their masks, another COVID variant is spreading, causing cases to rise around the world.
Chicago police are looking for a 14-year-old boy last seen on Friday near Midway International Airport.
Chicago police said a man was shot and killed as he left a restaurant in Greater Grand Crossing late Sunday night.
Elmwood Park police are investigating a head-on crash involving one of their marked squad cars on Chicago's West Side overnight.
Gas prices in Chicago have risen above $6 a gallon for regular in some neighborhoods, while Illinois is nearly 50 cents above the national average cost for fuel.
Chicago's Derek Hill hit a two-run shot that tied it at 3 in the seventh.
There was no immediate reason given for the 81-year-old's hospitalization.
Elmwood Park, Center Cass, Oak Lawn Hometown, and Atwood Heights are among the Illinois districts being investigated by the Justice Department over classroom instruction on gender and sexuality.
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
The longest shutdown of a federal department in U.S. history came to an end on Thursday when President Trump signed a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security following a breakthrough on Capitol Hill.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Chicago gas prices are spiking as the war with Iran drags on, with regular gas nearing $6 in some spots and premium already selling for more than $7 in some places.
In the legal venue of anti-trust enforcement, the state is not taking on the Trump administration, but rather filling a void that state officials say the Trump administration has vacated.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
The second-largest physicians' group in the U.S. has issued a surprising switch in breast cancer screening recommendations.
A new $48 million wellness center opened Thursday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The goal is to improve the health and quality of life for people on the West Side of Chicago.
La Rabida Children's Hospital went all out for Earth Day on Wednesday, with volunteer cleanup efforts by staffers and activities for patients and families.
It has been several weeks since West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, abruptly shut down — and then on Wednesday, it just as swiftly partially reopened, with some services available.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 80% of deaths related to pregnancy are preventable, and Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
Thousands of people marched from the West Loop to Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Friday for May Day, with activists calling for workers' rights, stronger labor protections, and increased school funding.
A $170 million-plus plan announced this week will redevelop the Water Tower Place mall on the Magnificent Mile.
The Holiday Club in Chicago's Buena Park neighborhood will soon be going out of business, as the building that houses the popular bar is set to be torn down.
At a meeting on Tuesday, the Lincolnwood Village Board approved a pre-development agreement with the mall, providing a roadmap with the property owner for further preparations and government approvals for redevelopment.
The only remaining location of Pal Joey's pizzeria in Batavia, Illinois, will soon be going out of business, its owner announced this week.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Tickets for the 2026 Ravinia Festival season went on sale Thursday morning.
Chicago police are looking for a 14-year-old boy last seen on Friday near Midway International Airport.
A body found near Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling has prompted a death investigation. Early results indicate he may have been killed in a crash.
Chicago police said a man was shot and killed as he left a restaurant in Greater Grand Crossing late Sunday night.
Emwood Park police are investigating a head-on crash involving one of their marked squad cars on Chicago’s West Side overnight.
Gas prices in Chicago have risen above $6 a gallon for regular in some neighborhoods, while Illinois is nearly 50 cents above the national average cost for fuel.
In some parts of Chicago, you'll pay over $6 for a gallon of regular gas. Illinois is nearly 50 cents above the national average cost for fuel.
Chicago police are looking for a 14-year-old boy last seen on Friday near Midway International Airport.
Chicago police said a man was shot and killed as he left a restaurant in Greater Grand Crossing late Sunday night.
Elmwood Park police are investigating a head-on crash involving one of their marked squad cars on Chicago's West Side overnight.
There was no immediate reason given for the 81-year-old's hospitalization.
More than four months after a Chicago woman battling ALS was told she couldn't get a disabled parking placard in front of her home, the sign is up and her life is about to change.
An elderly woman has essentially abandoned her home of three decades because of constantly broken elevators at her high-rise condo building on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
Violent retail crime is on the rise in Illinois, according to a new report from the Illinois Organized Retail Crime Association.
A top administrator in the Libertyville school district has been placed on leave after a fiery school board meeting focused on how the district handled allegations of grooming leveled against a former teacher.
Potholes along one stretch of road in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood are so bad, people say they damage their cars just getting to work.
Chicago's Derek Hill hit a two-run shot that tied it at 3 in the seventh.
At 22-12, the Cubs are a season-high 10 games over .500.
The White Sox broke through against Michael King (3-2) in the sixth and then chased the Padres' top starter in the seventh.
The Cubs had not won 10 in a row at home since they had 14 straight victories at Wrigley from May 18-June 22, 2008.
Munetaka Murakami hit his majors-leading 13th homer of the season to highlight a six-run second inning, Colson Montgomery added his ninth home run, and the Chicago White Sox beat the San Diego Padres 8-2 for their fourth straight win.
Chief Geoff Guttschow, who has an autistic child who drives, says the Blue Envelope Program gives officers a tool to recognize when a driver may need additional communication support.
A woman has been charged with shooting a 15-year-old boy outside an indoor track facility near Gately Park in Chicago in 2024, after getting into a fight with another woman during a back-to-school event in the Pullman neighborhood.
Sexual abuse charges were filed this week against a Park City, Illinois, police officer.
Attorneys for the man convicted of the murders of two girls in Delphi, Indiana, have filed a new brief with the Indiana Court of Appeals to overturn his case.
Attorneys for a woman convicted of killing her 69-year-old landlord in Chicago's Arcadia Terrace community have filed an appeal.
