Study: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine protects against delta variant up to 6 months

A recently published study found that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine provides enough protection against the coronavirus and the more contagious delta variant for up to six months.

North Texas 4-month-old in ICU battling COVID-19 and RSV simultaneously

Hudson Hooten is battling both COVID and RSV, the two viruses that are packing children's hospitals across North Texas. His mom says it all began with a cough. Things quickly got worse. Doctors told his mom he got the last ICU bed.

CPS employees required to get vaccinated by October 15
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The third-largest school district in the nation is calling on all teachers, staff, vendors, board members and network employees to be fully vaccinated unless they qualify for a medical or religious exemption.

Study suggests lambda variant could evade COVID-19 vaccine protection

A study published July 28 on bioRxiv by researchers in Japan found concerning data that suggests the lambda coronavirus variant may evade protection from current COVID-19 vaccines.

Illinois reports 21,334 coronavirus cases, 92 deaths in the past week

Public health officials on Friday announced 21,334 new cases of the coronavirus in Illinois and 92 additional deaths have been recorded in the past week.

Tips for returning to schools safely in the age of COVID-19
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Economist and best-selling author Emily Oster dishes out return-to-school tips from her now book, 'The Family Firm.'

Suburban school loses state recognition over refusal to follow mask mandate
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Perry Kalmus talks about how college admissions will look at students who have their degrees discredited due to their schools refusing to follow the statewide mask mandate.

Carnival Vista: 27 people aboard cruise ship test positive for COVID-19

The COVID-19 cases were among 26 crew members and one passenger on the Carnival Vista cruise ship, which arrived Wednesday in Belize, officials said.

Local school loses state recognition over not requiring masks
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The trouble erupted after the Supt. of Timothy Christian Schools, Matt Davidson, appeared in a video that went out to families Wednesday stating that masks would be optional.

Extra COVID vaccine OK'd for those with weak immune systems

U.S. regulators on Thursday said transplant recipients and others with weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to better protect them as the delta variant continues to surge.

203 cases of COVID linked to Lollapalooza
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Chicago's top doctor says Lollapalooza was not the COVID-19 superspreader that some people feared it might be.

COVID-19 surge: States that showed progress now seeing waves of new cases

The COVID-19 surge that is sending hospitalizations to all-time highs in parts of the South is also clobbering states like Hawaii and Oregon that were once seen as pandemic success stories.

US in ‘much worse situation’ with COVID-19 pandemic than expected, experts say

Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania and a member of the FDA Vaccine Advisory Panel, said he’s amazed at how much of society appears to have returned to normal behaviors despite the pandemic being far from over.

CDC: More than 90% of US counties have ‘substantial or high’ COVID-19 transmission

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, said on Thursday that more than 90% of counties in the U.S. are experiencing “substantial or high” rates of COVID-19 transmission.