Illinois health care workers and educators from kindergarten through college will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday in announcing new safety protocols that also include a fresh statewide mandate for masks to be worn indoors. The mandates, which overlap in several places with existing […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A February event at a rural Illinois bar has led to an outbreak of 46 COVID-19 cases — a testament to how easily and quickly the virus can spread, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said at a press briefing Monday. “As we […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for November 9 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. For the fourth day, cases of COVID-19 in Illinois have surpassed 10,000, state data shows. Cases first surpassed the 10,000 mark on Friday. As of Sunday, daily news cases were still above 10,000, with more […]
Can mosquitoes carry COVID-19 and infect another person? Dr. Manny Alvarez answers if mosquitoes can be a carrier of coronavirus and transmit the illness to another person A Chicago resident died of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus. The death marks the first West Nile virus-related fatality in the state this year, Illinois health officials announced […]
