Coronavirus

Consumers reportedly receive the surveys by email and text message, and are told that, as a gift for filling out the survey, they can choose from various free prizes, such as an iPad Pro.

Cook County has recorded more than 10,000 deaths caused by the coronavirus, with most of the deaths in communities of color.

Cook County Health will release more than 8,000 first-dose coronavirus vaccination appointments at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Public health officials on Wednesday announced another 2,592 new cases of the coronavirus in Illinois and 28 additional deaths.

City officials warned that they may again shut both ballparks to fans if number of COVID-19 cases keep climbing.

Increasing numbers of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are delaying Illinois’ reopening plans, state public health officials said Tuesday.

Proof of COVID-19 vaccinations might become mandatory for enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities come fall.

Joliet West High School and Joliet Central High School will separate students into "prom squad" groups of 100 to 150 people. The only time they will be allowed to take off masks will be during official prom photos.

The city of Chicago on Tuesday announced two new mass vaccination sites would open on Monday, April 5.

A Chicago hospital’s CEO has been suspended for two weeks following a series of COVID-19 vaccination events involving alleged favoritism, including one in which ineligible Trump Tower workers were vaccinated.

FOURTH, FIFTH & SIXTH STIMULUS CHECKS? A growing number of lawmakers are calling on President Biden to send recurring stimulus checks to Americans until the U.S. economy fully recovers from the pandemic.

Illinois health officials Tuesday reported 2,404 new cases of COVID-19 along with 17 additional deaths.

Tens of millions of low-income Americans are still waiting for their stimulus check to arrive weeks after President Joe Biden signed into law the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.