Coronavirus National

Biden signs $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law

By Derek Draplin | The Center Square (The Center Square) – President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that includes extended unemployment benefits, direct funding...

One year into pandemic, Pritzker ‘cautiously optimistic’ about large-scale events

SPRINGFIELD – One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday announced a new initiative focusing...

Illinois’ U.S. senators praise passage of $1.9 trillion relief package

By Dan McCaleb | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Illinois' two U.S. senators, Majority Whip Dick Durbin and...

State tops 3 million vaccines administered; Pritzker announces awareness campaign

SPRINGFIELD – More than 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered statewide as of Friday, and Gov....

U of I SHIELD test available statewide after FDA approval

(The Center Square) – The SHIELD COVID-19 test, which has been used on University of Illinois campuses since last...

Stay-at-Home remains in place for Illinois following “Cheap, political stunt”

Governor Pritzker began his COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday expanding on the ruling from a Southern Illinois Judge yesterday afternoon. “This ruling only applies to one...

227k COVID-19 tests run, now nearly 46k cases in Illinois

Illinois Department of Public Health announced today 227,628 COVID-19 tests have now been run by the State.  Of those, 45,883, or over 20% of...

For third day in a row, Illinois announces over 2k new COVID-19

Illinois Department of Public Health announced 2,126 new COVID-19 cases and 59 deaths on Sunday.  That announcement marks the third day in a row...

COVID-19: Illinois crosses 40k total cases, announcing 2,119 new cases Saturday

Illinois Department of Public Health announced an additional 2,119 new COVID-19 cases this afternoon, bringing State of Illinois totals to 41,777 total cases.  Cases...

COVID-19 can remain in eye fluid for nearly a month, study shows

A study released April 17th by a team of 13 Italian doctors shows COVID-19 can remain in a person’s eye fluid for weeks, acting...

Over 16k tested for COVID-19 yesterday in Illinois, 2,724 new cases announced

Illinois Department of Public Health officials announced it had hit its goal for the first time of 10,000 tests per day in Illinois, announcing...
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