Coronavirus - Chicago Tribune

Advertisement

As summer winds down, COVID-19 cases tick up slightly in the Chicago area: ‘COVID did not go away’

The increase in cases is a reminder that COVID-19 is still lurking, even if it’s no longer top-of-mind.

August 07, 2023

Lingering long COVID looms even as Chicago hospital admissions decline, Northwestern research shows

Both Illinois and Chicago are below the similarly declining national average in hospital admissions, but a new study from Northwestern Medicine's Comprehensive COVID-19 Center details patients' struggles with long COVID.

More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says

More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog.

FDA advisers endorse updating COVID vaccines to target latest omicron strain

The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall.

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

About 10% of people appear to suffer long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study of nearly 10,000 Americans.

Lori Lightfoot’s legacy: A combative mayor who led Chicago through crises, some of her own making

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will exit office after presiding over the city’s most tumultuous era in generations, one marked by enormous strain on every element of civic life and the twin crises of COVID-19 and civil unrest.

Allison Arwady has been the face of COVID-19 in Chicago. Will Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson keep her on?

Arwady said the city doesn't consider COVID-19 over, even if the pandemic emergency is coming to an end.

Families of those lost to COVID wrestle with mixed emotions as emergency ends

More than 1.1 million Americans have died of COVID, and the rate of death has markedly slowed in recent months.

Pandemic-era support programs have already been fading away as COVID public health emergency ends

Several core aspects of America’s pandemic-era emergency safety net are also coming to a close, from extra food assistance to automatic re-enrollment in Medicaid.

The COVID-19 public health emergency ends today. Here’s what it means for Illinois residents.

State and federal governments are changing requirements related to the illness.

WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?

The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency but the coronavirus is here to stay.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is resigning

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition.

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency

“It’s with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Hospital can’t be forced to give ivermectin to COVID patients, Wisconsin Supreme Court rules

The panel ruled 6-1 in favor of Aurora Health Care, with three liberals and three conservatives in support and only conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley dissenting.

Illinois’ Blue Cross will stop covering at-home COVID-19 tests when public health emergency ends next month

Pandemic-related national and public health emergencies are set to end on May 11

City told to reinstate employees fired over COVID-19 vaccination requirement

Chicago must reinstate city employees who were fired for refusing to comply with Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and rescind the requirement, a state administrative law judge has ruled.

An extra COVID-19 booster is now open to some high-risk Americans. Here’s what you need to know.

Older Americans and people with weak immune systems can get an extra COVID-19 booster dose this spring.

List of Cook County employees accused of COVID-19 PPP loan fraud grows to 17

One county worker fraudently got loans and used the money on travel, home improvement, fine dining and Amazon purchases, the report says.

Expelled Tennessee lawmakers both seeking seats again

Two former Black Democratic lawmakers who were expelled by Republican colleagues in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats, following their ouster for a protest on the House floor urging passage of gun-control measures in the wake of a deadly school shooting.

Advocate Health Care shifting to optional masking policies as COVID-19 cases remain low in Illinois

The shift marks the first easing of masking requirements at the health system since the pandemic hit more than three years ago

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1

2

3

4

5

Advertisement