Mobile vaccine bus visits Austin neighborhood

With fewer people booking appointments, a CTA vaccination bus is bringing the opportunity to you.

Vaccine rollout enabling more Mother's Day reunions in Chicago area

Michigan Avenue is looking more and more like normal. Hundreds of mothers and their children were out and about Saturday, enjoying the brisk temperatures and great scenery.

States scale back vaccine orders as interest in shots wanes

States across the country are dramatically scaling back their COVID-19 vaccine orders as interest in the shots wanes, putting the goal of herd immunity further out of reach.

CDC accepting COVID-19 home tests for international flights to US

A telehealth provider affiliated with the test manufacturer is also required to supervise the traveler’s self test remotely in real time and write a report, confirming the person’s identity, their testing procedure and their result.

Illinois reports 3,321 coronavirus cases, 36 deaths

Public health officials on Friday announced another 3,321 new cases of the coronavirus in Illinois and 36 additional deaths.

CDC confirms COVID-19 can be transmitted through air from more than 6 feet away

The CDC updated its COVID-19 guidance to reflect substantial scientific evidence suggesting that tiny virus particles can linger in the air and infect people as they inhale — even from more than 6 feet away.

Bolingbrook teen dies from COVID-19

A Bolingbrook teenager passed away on Tuesday from COVID-19.

The Second City reopens for in-person shows; first time since the pandemic

The Second City is reopening to live audiences Friday night with an improv and archive sketch show on the Mainstage at its Piper's Alley location.

Chamber of Commerce calls for end to enhanced jobless aid

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling for Washington to immediately stop paying out-of-work Americans an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits, saying the boost in government aid is giving some recipients less incentive to look for work.

Biden says economic recovery a marathon, not a sprint amid weak jobs report

U.S. employers added just 266,000 jobs last month, sharply lower than in March and a sign that some businesses are struggling to find enough workers.

Suburban family loses three, from three generations, to COVID

A grandmother, her daughter and her grandson all died within a week of one another and are sharing their story while asking the public to take COVID seriously.

Man fraudulently obtained federal coronavirus relief funds to buy alpaca farm, prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors say the owner of a Massachusetts pizza parlor lied about the number of employees he had to fraudulently obtain more than $660,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds, then used some of the money to buy an alpaca farm in Vermont.