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Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, hailed the president’s remarks as a concrete step toward reopening schools for in-person learning.

The White House urged businesses across the country to require masking and social distancing on premises and to help employees get vaccinated against Covid-19.

A number of pharmacy and grocery store chains are offering the coronavirus vaccine to eligible Illinois residents.

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The pandemic has weighed down the drugstore chain’s front-of-store sales, but Covid-19 testing and vaccines have allowed it to reach new customers.

The vaccine rollout will test CVS and Walgreens’ commitment to expanding health-care access in Black and Hispanic communities.

“A day with less froth, like today, is a day where the rally feels more sustainable,” the “Mad Money” host said.

CVS is now administering the coronavirus vaccine at multiple Illinois locations, marking the first time the pharmacy chain has offered doses outside of long-term care facilities so far in the state’s rollout.

Even as doses remain in short supply, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he is expanding eligibility of the COVID-19 vaccine to people with underlying conditions like diabetes and obesity. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

As Covid-19 vaccination efforts get underway at major retailers and pharmacies, what to do with excess vaccine becomes a bigger question.

Non-White residents of nursing home are more likely to live in large facilities that are for-profit and “have deficiencies in care,” the researchers said.

The big-box retailer is joining a growing list of companies that are trying to nudge workers toward the vaccinations with cash or other incentives.

DuPage County is opening its mass vaccination site at the fairgrounds in suburban Wheaton on Wednesday. Jen DeSalvo has details.

The U.S. needs to vaccinate between 70% and 85% of the population quickly — before new mutations take hold and reduce the effectiveness of current vaccines.

FEMA said its $3 billion in awards will help the government meet its estimated need of 5,000 vaccinators who will be deployed to sites across the country.

The declined vaccines indicate another challenge that the country will face: Persuading the majority of Americans to get the lifesaving vaccine.

“In Maine, we are not sitting around waiting for those doses to just get used on the timetable that retail pharmacies tell us,” Dr. Nirav Shah of Maine said.

Florida’s partnership with Publix has become a lightning rod for the many criticisms about the broader vaccine rollout as Walmart and Winn-Dixie near launch.