The number of breakthrough COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois declined by 37% week-over-week. Breakthrough deaths declined by 35% from the past week. Total COVID-19 hospitalizations are up, overwhelmingly driven by those who are not fully vaccinated.

A panel of U.S. health advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed a closely watched COVID-19 pill from Merck, setting the stage for a likely authorization of the first drug that Americans could take at home to treat the coronavirus

A panel of U.S. health advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed a closely watched COVID-19 pill from Merck, setting the stage for a likely authorization of the first drug that Americans could take at home to treat the coronavirus