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Cook County is closing its three remaining mass COVID vaccination sites as it shifts to a more hyperlocal effort to get shots into arms. Jen DeSalvo reports.

The three remaining mass COVID vaccination sites in suburban Cook County will close this week as public health officials move to a more hyperlocal model to get shots in arms.

Starting Monday, residents will be able to obtain the COVID vaccine at any Cook County mass vaccination site without making an appointment. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

Starting Monday, suburban Cook County’s mass COVID vaccination sites will begin accepting walk-ins.

Starting Monday, residents hoping to receive the COVID vaccine in suburban Cook County will no longer have to book an appointment ahead of time.

All mass vaccination sites in suburban Cook County will start offering walk-in appointments next week, health officials announced Saturday. The vaccination facilities in Matteson and Tinley Park began accepting walk-ins Wednesday. The following sites will expand to include walk-ins beginning Monday: Des Plaines, Forest Park, South Suburban College in South Holland and Triton College in River Grove. Walk-ins will be…

Cook County health officials said Wednesday that use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine, currently paused for a federal review, could soon resume.

Chicago’s top doctor said the six cases of clots that prompted the pause of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are what’s called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.

Walgreens and Jewel-Osco are suspending the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine until further notice, the companies announced Tuesday, following federal officials’ recommendation.

As the U.S. recommends a “pause” in use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine while regulators investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots, what does that mean for Illinois appointments and for those who already received the vaccine?

What are the symptoms you should watch for if you received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine prior to U.S. regulators recommending a “pause” to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or CVST?

The Johnson and Johnson Janssen vaccine has been useful – it’s one dose and doesn’t need ultracold storage. Former FDA Associate Commissioner Peter Pitts weighs in after the FDA and CDC suspended use of the vaccine amid rare reports of blood clots.

Illinois will pause use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine “out of an abundance of caution” following a recommendation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the state’s health department said Tuesday.

Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC, explains what to monitor if you recently received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

Dr. Peter Marks, Director, FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, explains why the FDA recommended a pause in the administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine despite the appearance of blood clots being so rare.

Cook County is pausing use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, county health officials said Tuesday, based on U.S. regulators’ recommendation amid an investigation into reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots.

Cook County Health will release 30,000 first-dose COVID vaccine appointments Monday evening for individuals in Phases 1A, 1B and 1C.

Cook County Health released 22,000 first-dose COVID vaccine appointments Thursday afternoon for all Illinois residents eligible in Phases 1A, 1B and 1C.

Illinois expanded COVID-19 vaccine access to another group of essential workers Monday, as Chicago moved into the next phase of its vaccine rollout, Phase 1C. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

Cook County will release thousands of first-dose COVID vaccine appointments Sunday at four suburban vaccination sites, the health department announced.