The Illinois Department of Public Health has adopted the CDC’s recommendation for children ages 12-15 to get their COVID-19 booster vaccine, the department announced. On Wednesday, the Center for Disease and Prevention Control (CDC) endorsed their Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendation to expand eligibility of booster doses to those 12 to 15 years old. […]
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State officials celebrate 1-year anniversary of first COVID-19 vaccinations in Illinois, urge residents to get booster
State officials are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 vaccinations in Illinois and are urging fully-vaccinated residents to receive their booster shots. On December 15, 2020, around 450 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines were administered to health care workers after the first doses were delivered to the state the day before. Since […]
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Illinois health officials recommend all adults get COVID-19 booster following FDA’s authorization
The Illinois Department of Public Health is recommending all Illinois residents 18 and older receive a COVID-19 booster shot after the FDA expanded their authorization Friday. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said the vaccine booster dose should be administered at least six months after someone receives their second Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, or […]
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker says mask mandate in Illinois will remain in place until hospitalizations drop
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said on Tuesday that he will be keeping Illinois’ mask mandate in place until there is a further decline in hospitalizations, which he says remain “flat.” Pritzker made the comments during a press conference at Mile Square Health Center in Chicago Tuesday morning. Pritzker appeared at the clinic to receive his COVID-19 […]
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Health officials push for booster shots as 50% of last week’s COVID-19 deaths in Illinois were breakthrough cases
Health officials are pushing residents to get booster shots as state data shows about 50% of the recorded COVID deaths in Illinois last week were cases where people were fully vaccinated. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported there were 179 COVID-19 deaths from October 20 to October 27. From the same reporting period […]
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he might lift “certain mask mandates” in time for the holidays
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said that if COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to decrease, he could lift “certain mask mandates” before the holidays. Pritzker gave a COVID-19 update at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago Tuesday morning. During the update, he urged eligible Illinoisans to get their COVID-19 vaccination booster shot. “We know that COVID-19 […]