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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...

COVID-19 vaccine human trials begin this week, UK officials announce

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced researchers will begin human trials on a possible COVID-19 vaccine  on Thursday at Oxford University.    Johnson & Johnson had...

1 Million in U.S. infected with COVID-19 by May, projected data shows

COVID-19 case counts in the U.S. are projected to rise over one million people by May 1st. Just one month ago, on March 22nd, the...

COVID-19: Illinois tops 30,000 infected, nearly 1300 dead

Illinois Department of Public Health officials announced this afternoon COVID-19 cases topped 30,000 today, announcing 1,197 new COVID-19 cases and 33 new deaths.  That...

Student dies due to complications of COVID-19, another in ICU

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. – The Superintendent at a northern suburban high school is reporting a student has died, likely due to complications from COVID-19. ...

COVID-19: Illinois announces 125 deaths in last 24 hours

Governor Pritzker started off his press conference Saturday by announcing 125 people in Illinois had lost their lives in the last 24 hours due...

AMITA Health partners with Mayo Clinic, Versiti Blood Centers for COVID-19 plasma program

Lisle, Ill.– AMITA Health is joining the national fight against COVID-19 by partnering with the Mayo Clinic and Versiti blood centers to collect and...
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