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Illinois health director receives COVID-19 vaccination

— January 12, 2021

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike on Tuesday, Jan. 11 received her coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination at the Cook County Health’s North…

State’s expected vaccine shipments cut in half for next two weeks
— December 16, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – The state has been advised it will receive roughly half of the shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations that it originally expected from the federal government for the…
Ezike asks Illinoisans to trust in vaccine, FDA’s approval process
— December 10, 2020

This story was updated Friday, Dec 11. SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday, Dec. 11 praised a U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision to recommend approval of a COVID-19…
Survey: Most Americans willing to vaccinate for COVID-19
— August 18, 2020

According to the latest results from an ongoing national survey of attitudes about COVID-19, two-thirds (66 percent) of Americans say they are either “somewhat” or “extremely”…
How to avoid coronavirus? Lessons from people whose lives depend on it
— March 17, 2020

Editor’s Note: This story is being distributed by Capitol News Illinois through its partnership with Report For America. The KHN story was first published on California Healthline,…

Ezike cites ‘beginning of the end’ as first health care workers vaccinated
— December 15, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – Five health care workers at a hospital in Peoria became the first people in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Dec. 15 marking what Illinois Department…
More than 440 deaths over long weekend, state warns of another COVID-19 surge
— November 30, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – Despite some slight improvement in key public health metrics over the past week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he has no immediate plans to roll back COVID-19 mitigation efforts…
Republicans push for revisions to ‘Restore Illinois’ plan
— May 14, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — Republicans in the Illinois General Assembly said Thursday, May 14 that when lawmakers return to the Capitol next week, they intend to push for changes to Gov. J.B….