covid 19 vaccine

Pediatricians are seeing a unique trend in children contracting the omicron variant of COVID-19, saying it could be behind a recent spike in hospital visits as young kids suffer complications from the variant. Dr. Latania Logan, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at RUSH University Medical Center, says narrow airways in children under 5 years of age make it easier for…

A couple of factors are at play, starting with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant. Omicron is more likely to infect people, even if it doesn’t make them very sick, and its surge coincided with the holiday travel season in many places.

A Cook County judge who barred a divorced mother from seeing her 11-year-old son because she hasn’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 rescinded the original ruling Monday, restoring the mother’s parental rights.

Despite a slow-down in vaccinations across the country, mass vaccination sites have been credited with putting a dent in getting large swaths of the population vaccinated. It may seem like these sites appeared almost overnight. That’s far from the truth. Cook County Health gave NBC 5 exclusive access to a mass vaccination site in Des Plaines, which is one of…

On Thursday, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker encouraged Chicago residents to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine appointments at Illinois mass vaccinations sites throughout the suburbs. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports

Eight Walmart locations in Chicago are administering COVID-19 vaccinations as of Wednesday, the company announced.

Six Walmart locations in Chicago are administering COVID-19 vaccinations, the company says.

Walmart, Kroger and Mariano’s are slated to begin providing COVID-19 vaccinations to Illinois residents in the coming weeks, according to the companies and state officials.