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A team of health care workers will be deployed to Rockford’s Javon Bae Hospital-Riverside, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday, saying the medical professionals will “help reduce the strain” on the hospital amid the current omicron surge.

Illinois health officials are taking a series of steps to help address a surge in COVID cases among hospitalized patients in the state, calling in workers from other states and receiving assistance from the federal government as hospitalizations hit record highs. Lexi Sutter has more details.

As the rapidly-spreading omicron variant fuels a surge in COVID-19 cases, calls have grown throughout Illinois for school districts to reinstate remote learning. At least two Chicago-area district – Niles Township High School District 219 and West Chicago District 33 – have shifted to online instruction, particularly due to staffing issues brought on by COVID infections and employee absences. Despite…

Thousands of COVID tests for Chicago Public Schools students and staff members have been deemed “invalid” as the district prepares for a return to classrooms following the winter break.

As COVID cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and hospital leaders are urging medical centers to postpone non-emergency surgeries to help keep beds clear for COVID patients. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker provided an update to reporters Saturday after a tornado hit the southern Illinois city of Edwardsville, killing six people at an Amazon facility.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a new law Friday to give more funding to violence prevention programs in Illinois, but the effort is already facing criticism. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

The Democratic governor of Illinois has signed the state’s new congressional district map into law

When will Chicago be able to forgo face coverings throughout the city? Here’s what the health department’s top doctor says.

Cook County health officials announced Monday that all adults will be allowed to receive COVID-19 booster shots as the county prepares to step up its fight against the global pandemic, despite federal guidelines that recommend limiting eligibility to certain groups.

Cook County health officials announced Monday that all adults will be allowed to receive COVID-19 booster shots as the county prepares to step up its fight against the global pandemic, despite federal guidelines that recommend limiting eligibility to certain groups.

When can people in Illinois stop wearing masks? When will Illinois halt its indoor mask mandate? “I think that’s the million dollar question right now,” said Dr. Emily Landon, an infectious disease expert at UChicago Medicine. “I think everyone’s asking, right, when are we going to drop our masks? We get that question all the time.”

When can people in Illinois stop wearing masks? When will Illinois halt its indoor mask mandate?

After decreasing for several months after a delta variant-driven surge over the summer, cases of coronavirus in the state of Illinois and in the city of Chicago have risen dramatically in the last week, increasing by nearly 20%, according to state metrics and city health officials.

Chicago residents over the age of 18 won’t be turned away from getting COVID-19 vaccine booster shots as health officials report “plenty of availability,” the city’s top doctor said Tuesday.

“We have plenty of availability here,” said Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady regarding the COVID-19 booster availability in the city. She discussed who is strongly encouraged to get the COVID booster, but added that anyone over the age of 18 won’t “get turned away from getting a booster.”

The deadline to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the Thanksgiving holiday, allowing more families to gather together this November, arrives this week.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and an entourage of top state officials planned to depart for the United Kingdom Tuesday on a weeklong hunt for climate-friendly investment and to tout Illinois’ new clean-energy law at the global climate change summit in Scotland.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said there are a mix of things he’s looking at to determine the status of the state’s mask mandate, but two metrics in particular stand out.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said there are a mix of things he’s looking at to determine the status of the state’s mask mandate, but two metrics in particular stand out.