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Juana Flor de Luna se arrodilla junto al ataúd de su sobrina Esmeralda de Luna durante su funeral en Funeraria Sagrada Familia en Chicago el 25 de mayo de 2021. El padre de los hijos de Esmeralda de Luna, Marco Antonio Rubio, está acusado de asesinato por su muerte.

Asesinatos por violencia doméstica en Chicago y llamadas a las líneas de ayuda estatales aumentaron en la pandemia

June 11, 2021 at 4:28 p.m.

Tres semanas después de que Esmeralda de Luna obtuvo una orden de protección contra el padre de sus cuatro hijos, este regresó a su apartamento en Villa Park, Illinois, y...

People enjoy summerlike weather June 3, 2021, on the large patio at Recess in Chicago's West Loop.

Unvaccinated? Beware: As state loosens restrictions, the risk of a serious COVID-19 infection may be higher than it was last summer.

June 11, 2021 at 7:53 p.m.

Illinois dropped many of its remaining pandemic restrictions Friday, but public health data shows two different realities lie ahead for people as that reopening begins. For those who are fully...

Juana Flor De Luna kneels beside the casket of her niece Esmeralda De Luna during her funeral at Funeraria Sagrada Familia in Chicago on May 25, 2021. The father of Esmeralda De Luna's children, Marco-Antonio Rubio, has been charged with murder in her death.

Chicago domestic violence killings, state helpline calls spike in pandemic, even as 911 calls drop. Black, Latino victims most at risk, new report shows.

June 11, 2021 at 9:21 a.m.

Three weeks after Esmeralda De Luna got an order of protection against the father of her four children, he returned to their apartment in Villa Park and stabbed her to...

Wendolyn Reyes, 19, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination event held by St. Anthony Hospital on May 2, 2021, in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. St. Anthony hired about 80 people to go out into communities like Little Village, North Lawndale and Chinatown for the vaccine effort.

‘This is the norm.’ How early vaccine shots went to residents of affluent suburbs and Chicagoans in low-risk areas, despite city push for equity.

May 21, 2021 at 3:54 p.m.

In the early weeks of the COVID-19 vaccine's release, a joke made the rounds among people hunting for appointments in Chicago: What's the best way to find a shot in...

Zenaida Castillo atiende a los clientes en el puesto de comida de su familia, el 5 de mayo de 2021, en el vecindario Rogers Park de Chicago. Su esposo, Felipe Vallarta, un amado elotero en ese barrio, se enfermó de COVID-19 días antes de su cita para ser vacunado.

Vendedor ambulante de Chicago en la UCI tras contraer COVID-19 días antes de su cita para la vacuna: ‘Son los más vulnerables los que se siguen infectando

May 10, 2021 at 10:38 a.m.

Durante todo 2020, Felipe Vallarta dudó en comenzar a vender sus elotes, tamales y churros en una concurrida intersección en el vecindario de Rogers Park. Aunque necesitaba el dinero, Vallarta...

Zenaida Castillo serves customers at her family's food stand, May 5, 2021, in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. Her husband, Felipe Vallarta, a beloved elotero in Rogers Park, got sick with COVID-19 a few days before he was scheduled to receive the vaccine.

Chicago street vendor in ICU after contracting COVID-19 days before he was scheduled to get vaccine: ‘It’s the most vulnerable that keep getting infected’

May 8, 2021 at 3:18 p.m.

All through 2020, Felipe Vallarta was hesitant to start selling his corn, tamales and churros at a busy intersection in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Though he needed the money, Vallarta...

Pamela Abrams discusses the COVID-19 vaccine at Ogden Park in the Englewood neighborhood on April 27, 2021.

Illinois’ COVID-19 vaccination pace is slowing, particularly downstate. Here’s what researchers say must be done to boost the effort and return to normalcy.

May 5, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

At first glance, there may not be a lot in common between the tiny downstate town of Arthur and Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. Arthur is surrounded by flat farmland in the...

People get COVID-19 vaccines on April 15, 2021, at Bloomington's Grossinger Motors Arena.

Massive supply imbalance fueled by vaccine hesitancy: Illinois’ latest struggles with COVID-19 mass vaccination

April 20, 2021 at 9:55 a.m.

In southern Illinois, public health officials struggle to fill coronavirus vaccine appointment slots as the region sits on a three-week supply of doses. It's far different in north suburban Lake...

Robbie Galan, 72, receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Chicago Fire Department community paramedic Pattie Mankowski at her home on March 4, 2021, in Chicago.

In setback to COVID-19 vaccination efforts, Illinois joins nation in pausing distribution of Johnson & Johnson doses amid blood clot concerns

April 13, 2021 at 6:38 p.m.

Health departments across Illinois on Tuesday paused in administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine following recommendations from federal officials to do so after reports of six women who experienced...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

COVID-19 cases are up in more vaccinated parts of Chicago. One possible reason: People are dropping their guard.

April 12, 2021 at 8:24 a.m.

Deleon Davenport lives in South Shore but manages a restaurant in River North, and he's seen the differences in the latest surge. Near his home, he said, people seem to...

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