Cook County is urging those who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine to get vaccinated. As an incentive, the health department is giving away free tickets to Six Flags Great America. Cook County Health is offering everyone age 12+ the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine free of charge at our mass vaccination sites located in Des Plaines,…
Chicagoans can now become a Vaccine Ambassador thanks to a partnership between the Chicago Department of Public Health, Malcolm X College, and Partners In Health. The Vaccine Ambassador Course is a volunteer program that will train you to be a reliable source of information about the COVID-19 vaccines in Chicago communities. In this course students…
Cook County has a new batch of COVID-19 vaccine appointments that they will make available on Friday, April 9. The Cook County Public Health Department will release first dose appointments at noon on Friday, April 9th, 2021 for the following vaccination sites: Forest Park Community Vaccination Center (Pfizer) South Suburban College (Pfizer) Triton College (Pfizer)…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said Monday that the nation was at “a fork in the road” in determining the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic and warned of “another avoidable surge” of COVID-19 cases as states loosen pandemic-related restrictions. “The apparent leveling off of cases and hospital admissions after the consistent…
The state of Illinois has launched the Vaccine Appointment Call Center to assist people with scheduling COVID-19 appointments. The call center is meant to help people who do not have internet access or have difficulty scheduling online. Call agents will help individuals who do have access to online services navigate the various registration sites. However, if…
During his first primetime address to the nation, President Biden directed states to expand eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to all adults on May 1. Biden touted his administration’s efforts to ramp up vaccine production and provide relief to struggling Americans in the form of a new stimulus bill that aims to help stabilize the…
The United Center will soon serve as a Community Vaccination Center. This builds on 15 other state-supported mass vaccination sites already open across Illinois. The Biden Administration is opening Community Vaccination Centers across the United States. The United Center site is one such location. It opens on March 10 with the capacity to administer 6,000…
As the United States this week mourned the devastating milestone of 500,000 lives lost to the coronavirus, a report out Wednesday shows that the nation’s billionaires have seen their collective wealth grow by $1.3 trillion since the deadly pandemic began last year. According to the new analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and Americans for…
The state of Illinois has reported more than 1,700 new cases of coronavirus over the past two days. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 986 new cases of coronavirus disease and 42 additional deaths on Wednesday. 715 new cases of COVID-19 and 16 additional deaths were reported on Thursday. As of Wednesday, Massac and…
Governor JB Pritzker today announced the extension of the stay-at-home order throughout Illinois until the end of April. The news comes as the state health department reported 937 new cases of coronavirus and 26 deaths on Tuesday. “I have let the science guide our decisions and I’ve relied upon the top medical experts, scientists, public…
