Lake County is leading all of Illinois’ 102 counties in vaccinating children ages 5-11, with more than 20% who have received their first dose, state data shows. Data updated on Friday from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) shows 20.55% of children in Lake County in the 5-11 age range received their first dose […]
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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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Illinois keeping mask mandate in place, top health official acknowledges ‘a lot’ of non-compliance
Illinois’ top health official acknowledged “a lot of unmasked indoor gatherings” are likely causing an increase in new COVID-19 cases, but said the state’s mask mandate will remain in place. Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike was interviewed by downstate news station WGEM last week about the increase in new COVID-19 cases […]
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Lake, McHenry county health departments urge parents to get their kids ages 5-11 vaccinated against COVID
The health departments in Lake and McHenry counties are urging parents to get their kids ages 5-11 vaccinated after the CDC authorized the COVID vaccine for the age group this week. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to include children ages 5-11. On Tuesday, […]
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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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Lawyers for Gov. Pritzker, ISBE ask court to move school mask mandate lawsuit to different county
The Illinois attorney general, representing Gov. Pritzker and other state officials, has asked a downstate court to move a massive class-action lawsuit over the state’s school mask mandate and other COVID rules to a different county. The case was filed by attorney Thomas DeVore on October 20 in Macoupin County against Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the […]
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‘Delay travel until you are fully vaccinated’: Illinois health officials issue guidance for holiday season
The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued new guidance for the upcoming holiday season, urging travelers to delay travel until fully vaccinated or to get tested for COVID-19 if unvaccinated. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said their updated guidance is to “help people celebrate more safely as we continue to battle the […]
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New COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations continue to decline in Lake and McHenry counties
State data shows that new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to decline in Lake and McHenry counties to the lowest levels since July. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reports Illinois’ statewide seven-day average case positivity rate is 2%. The current COVID-19 wave peaked in early September and cases, hospitalizations and deaths have all […]
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Coroner identifies 87-year-old Lake County man who died after being bitten by bat while sleeping
The coroner’s office has identified an 87-year-old Lake County man who died of rabies after he was bitten by a bat while sleeping. Thomas Krob, 87, of unincorporated Spring Grove, died on September 20 at Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry, according to the McHenry County Coroner’s Office. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and […]