Coronavirus Archives

COVID-19 vaccine or testing to be required for Illinois daycare workers

October 22, 2021 4:28 pm 25 News

Over 55,000 daycare center staff around the state will now be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19, or be tested weekly until they are fully…

A dozen local school districts among 145 named in lawsuit over COVID mitigations

October 20, 2021 9:04 pm WGEM

Attorney Thomas DeVore is representing dozens of parents in the consolidated lawsuit over COVID-19 mitigations at schools across…

Adams County Health Department to do away with COVID-19 testing

October 18, 2021 5:43 pm Charity Bell

The Adams County Health Department has been a core testing site in this part of the Tri-states since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. But…

Colin Powell has died from COVID-19 complications

October 18, 2021 7:16 am Associated Press

WASHIINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications, his family said…

IDPH releases Halloween, fall festivities guidance amidst COVID-19

October 15, 2021 4:48 pm 25 News

The Illinois Department of Public Health is releasing guidance for fall festivities and Halloween to help people celebrate during the…

‘I should’ve listened to my wife’: Man changes his mind on vaccine after surviving COVID

October 14, 2021 1:35 pm Gray News

An Alaska man reassessed his feelings on the vaccine after thinking he wouldn’t leave the hospital alive due to…

FDA unlikely to rule on Merck’s COVID pill before December

October 14, 2021 12:58 pm Associated Press

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will ask its outside experts to review Merck’s pill to treat COVID-19 at a meeting in late November. Regulators…

Social Security checks getting big boost as inflation rises

October 13, 2021 2:47 pm Associated Press

Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst…