Committees look to address state’s mental health care needs
By GRACE BARBIC & RAYMON TRONCOSO
SPRINGFIELD — Committees dealing with mental health and addiction met in both the Illinois House and Senate Friday to...
Illinois vaccination sites to branch out to rural areas
By Kevin Bessler |Â The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Small towns in downstate Illinois will soon have more access to a COVID-19 vaccine.
Gov. J.B....
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 on vaccine access for rural parts...
Health Department pushing residents to VaccineFinder.org for COVID vaccine
KANKAKEE – The County Health Department is redirecting all area residents to a new website in an effort to get vaccinated quicker.
The website, VaccineFinder.org,...
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. JB Pritzker announced a new $10...
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 summer, is about to go statewide.
The...
