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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.

Late planning, decentralized oversight, a ‘Hunger Games’ sign-up: How Illinois has struggled more than most states rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine

February 6, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Marj Leopardo is 85. Her husband, Sam, is 88. They both have health issues. And their days are now consumed with one thing: the vaccine hunt. The Crystal Lake couple...

People dig out in Palmer Square on Jan. 31, 2021, as heavy snow continued to fall throughout the Chicago region.

Crews hit the streets and residents hit the playgrounds as second snowstorm in a week drops more than a foot of snow on the Chicago area

January 31, 2021 at 7:36 p.m.

More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of the Chicago area as the latest storm loosened its grip on the city Sunday evening. With 12.7 inches of snow recorded...

Prosecutors: Chicago woman who works for Aldi shatters window at different grocery store after being told to wear a face mask

February 12, 2021 at 1:48 p.m.

A Chicago woman was charged with felony criminal damage after police said she smashed a grocery store window with a baseball bat over a dispute about her not wearing a...

Margaret Orozco pushes her bike to get tested for coronavirus outside Loretto Hospital in Chicago on April 27, 2020.

Is the COVID-19 pandemic growing or shrinking in Illinois? New website tracks a key metric.

January 29, 2021 at 4:19 p.m.

A group of Illinois COVID-19 researchers has launched a webpage to try to help residents see and make sense of the latest pandemic trends, including one of the easiest metrics...

Robert Schur holds a photograph of his mother, Donna Fletcher, who suffers from early onset dementia and is a resident at the Northbrook Inn memory care facility in Northbrook, Jan. 21, 2021.

In Illinois nursing homes, tens of thousands still waiting for COVID-19 vaccinations: ‘This is beyond an emergency’

January 25, 2021 at 11:45 a.m.

Robert Schur said he isn't the kind of guy to write letters to elected leaders, but he feels his mom's life is at stake. Schur's mother lives in a long-term...

A post-holiday COVID-19 surge? Nothing significant seen yet in Illinois, but experts still wary.

January 18, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Two weeks into the new year and three weeks after Christmas, Illinois has so far avoided a holiday-related COVID-19 surge, though some metrics saw brief increases in some parts of...

Illinois will begin phase 1b of COVID-19 vaccinations Jan. 25: Can it pick up the pace as those over 65 and essential workers get shots?

January 17, 2021 at 1:52 p.m.

Many Illinois residents felt hopeful last month when a Chicago doctor became the first person in the state to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. But for some, that optimism has turned...

Illinois looks toward 2nd phase of COVID-19 vaccinations, though still weeks away for many. Data shows 1 in 45 have had at least 1 shot so far.

January 12, 2021 at 7:12 p.m.

Though COVID-19 vaccines could be available soon for essential workers and older people throughout the state, most county health departments in the Chicago area are still working to vaccinate those...

Some early doses of COVID-19 vaccine meant for health care workers go to researchers working from home

January 6, 2021 at 8:33 a.m.

University of Chicago researcher Sarah Cobey has spent nearly a year studying the spread of COVID-19, but she was still surprised when her employer offered to vaccinate her against the...

Ange Angarita, RN, prepares the COVID-19 vaccine to be administered at Elmhurst Hospital on Dec. 17, 2020.

Tired, numb and burned out: With hospitals short on workers, those remaining feel pushed to the edge by COVID-19

December 23, 2020 at 8:22 a.m.

Consuelo Vargas can't shake the memory. Earlier this month, as the nurse's 12-hour shifts were stretching to 16s, she maneuvered through the emergency department at Stroger Hospital to check on...

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