coronavirus

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH partner with area organizations for a COVID-19 Call to Action (Chicago, IL) – In partnership with HUD, HHS-HRSA and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is holding an 11 a.m. press conference Thursday, July 1st, at the Concordia Place Apartments, 13037 S. Daniel Dr., Chicago, IL, where there will be a free COVID-19 Call to Action including a grocery giveaway.  

DePaul College Prep's Stanton-Anderson: No decision yet on mandatory vaccines (Chicago, IL) - DePaul College Prep Principal Dr. Megan Stanton-Anderson recently responded to a parent’s concern that the school would make COVID-19 vaccinations for students mandatory.

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is holding a press conference to welcome President Biden’s efforts to send vaccines overseas and to urge the Biden administration to expedite vaccines to India.

Court actions by hospitals to collect patient debt dropped sharply during the pandemic. But a new study says some of the nation’s largest hospital systems kept filing lawsuits, liens and garnishments — and most were nonprofit.

A factory worker didn’t want to call in sick or catch COVID-19, so she tried to ignore the pain. Now she has stage 4 cancer.

Gov. Pritzker Confirms Illinois will Enter Bridge Phase of Reopening Plan on May 14th (Chicago, IL) - Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) confirmed today the entire state will move into the Bridge Phase of the Restore Illinois reopening plan tomorrow, Friday, May 14th. The Bridge Phase is the final step before the full reopening of Phase 5.

Barickman: Emergency housing assistance bill does not prioritize 'renters who have been impacted by COVID' - As House Bill 2877, the COVID-19 Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program Act, is headed to Gov. Pritzker's desk, many Republicans, including Sen. Jason Barickman, expressed objections that it won't really benefit the right people needing help.

Experts say we should investigate “breakthrough infections” to look out for variants and understand who’s vulnerable. In many cases, that’s not happening. Crucial pieces of the puzzle are being tossed in the trash.

New York City Kills COVID Rule That Led to Repeated School Closings Despite No Evidence of Outbreaks (New York, NY) - New York City announced on Thursday an end to its rule that had led to thousands of public school closures despite little evidence of COVID-19 outbreaks. Schools will now only be closed if testing shows there is viral spread within a school.

COOK COUNTY, IL — The Cook County COVID-19 Recovery Small Business Assistance Program is offering a financial webinar from 9-10:30 a.m. April 14 to provide small business owners with finance tools as well as insight to the funds available through the American Rescue Plan.