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Chicago officials announced three mass vaccination sites are coming to City Colleges over the next week, with three already opened and running.

CDPH Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady reveals a new update to the city’s vaccine rollout, bridging the city’s first two phases into a modified new phase.

As states and medical centers roll out COVID-19 vaccines, many are highlighting recipients from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds to build trust. This is in part due to vaccine hesitancy, especially in Black communities where a history of medical testing without consent and inadequate access to health care has built distrust. A recent study by the Kaiser Family...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday that she hopes teachers will be able to receive the coronavirus vaccine at some point in the next round of vaccinations.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the city’s top doctor are set to deliver an update on COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday morning, days after the mayor criticized the federal rollout.

The Cook County Department of Public Health late Monday apologized for confusion surrounding a newly-released survey regarding COVID-19 vaccination updates.

Suburban Cook County residents can now register for coronavirus vaccine updates, including when they will be able to receive their first shots and where as Illinois continues its rollout to administer doses.

Want to know when and where you’ll be able to get the coronavirus vaccine in suburban Cook County?

Health experts are debating what to tell study volunteers who got a placebo shot instead of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The city of Chicago on Tuesday launched its first mass COVID-19 vaccination site for health care workers as it continues to roll out thousands of doses of vaccines against the deadly coronavirus. How does it work? Here’s a breakdown.

Chicago’s top health official will receive the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday as the city launches a new vaccination site for health care workers.

Chicago’s top health official announced the opening of the city’s first mass coronavirus vaccination site for health care workers on Tuesday.

Front line workers at Chicago’s Esperanza Health Centers were given their initial doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday, becoming the first individuals in the city to receive the widely-anticipated vaccine. Esperanza, which primarily serves Chicago’s Southwest Side, was one of six federally-qualified health centers that began administering the Moderna vaccine Monday. Calling Esperanza a lifeline for the Latinx community,...

More than 20,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to health care workers throughout the city of Chicago, the city’s top doctor revealed Monday. The majority of those who have received the vaccine are hospital employees, however a small amount of emergency medical services personnel have also been vaccinated, said Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of the Chicago…

CDPH Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady discusses the city’s plan to launch coronavirus vaccinations at long-term care facilities.

The first batch of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has arrived at a U.S. Army base in South Korea.

A Boston doctor who used an EpiPen on himself after having the first known allergic reaction to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is speaking out about his experience. Within moments of receiving the first dose of the vaccine on Thursday, Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh of Boston Medical Center said his heart began racing. He initially thought it was anxiety, he said, but...

A Boston doctor had an allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, according to the hospital where he works, but is doing well. Boston Medical Center confirmed Friday night that Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, who reportedly has a severe shellfish allergy, was taken to the emergency department after his first dose of the Cambridge-based company’s vaccine. It’s the...

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar received their first dose of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday.

Health care workers in Massachusetts began receiving the country’s second approved coronavirus vaccine Monday, developed by Cambridge-based Moderna. There were cheers at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center when Dr. Jaime Gallegos became its first staffer to get the injection. He held a sign in his lap saying, “Take that, COVID!” Gallegos called the vaccine’s rollout a “great milestone,”...