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The proposal called for using a total of about $18 million of the federal American Rescue Plan Act funds the county received.
New vaccine clinic and space for public restrooms are among the changes McHenry County is looking to make for its health department facility in Crystal Lake.
IDPH has also confirmed this week that there was a third pediatric death due to influenza, all with December onsets
Silver Cross Hospital and Ascension St. Joseph-- Joliet have instituted extra precautions as winter respiratory illness season sees COVID-19, flu, and RSV numbers increase across the state, though local numbers remain moderate.
Wearing a mask is required of all visitors of hospitalized patients in all units while in patient rooms.
Lee, Ogle, Boone and Winnebago counties are now at high for COVID hospitalizations; severals others in the northern Illinois region have moved to medium.
A La Salle County woman in her 80s has died from complications related to COVID-19, the La Salle County Health Department announced Friday.
Sauk Valley-area hospitals are continuing with visitor restrictions put in place earlier this month when the number of respiratory illness cases began to increase.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued a warning going into the holidays to take extra health precautions as COVID-19, flu, and RSV numbers continue to rise.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is advising Illinoisans to take precautions to avoid spreading respiratory illnesses as cases around the state and country are on the rise.
DeKalb County COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise, warned area health officials this week amid a statewide uptick in Illinois hospitalizations related to respiratory illnesses, which also include RSV and the flu.
Saying it would send the wrong message, Kane County Board members shunned a proclamation this week supporting residents who choose not to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
Lee and Ogle counties are 2 of the 20 statewide counties up to medium level of COVID-19 activity
The Will County Health Department and community Heath Center is offering the new COVID-19 booster shot at their offices and encourage residents to consider immunization.
With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, the Will County Health Department’s Environmental Health Division wanted to remind residents about food safety at the holidays.