Expedia chairman calls Trump 'witch doctor' and says economic damage is 'catastrophic'

The chairman of Expedia called President Donald Trump a "witch doctor" on Sunday, saying the administration has to step up its response with clear, science-based instructions.

Nonprofit opens Waukegan site to clean masks amid pandemic

The facility is intended to serve hospitals and first responders for free, said Lewis Von Thaer, CEO of Battelle, a nonprofit with a long history of government contracting

'The Fudge Pot' gives back to the frontlines
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Some small businesses are finding ways to donate their services during these tough times. One local candy maker is donating boxes of homemade fudge to hospital workers who might not have a lot to smile about these days.

Illinois man sues Trump for denying stimulus checks to Americans married to immigrants

An Illinois man is suing President Trump and other Republican officials because he is being denied a stimulus check because he is married to an immigrant without a social security number.

Illinois coronavirus death toll at 1,874, as poison calls about injecting and ingesting bleach spike

The Illinois Department of Health said that there has been a significant spike in the past couple days of calls to the poison control center from people who have ingested bleach or other cleaning agents. 

FDA warns of heart risks with Trump-promoted malaria drug

The warning comes as doctors at a New York hospital published a report that heart rhythm abnormalities developed in most of 84 coronavirus patients treated with hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin, a combo Trump has promoted.

Two Smithfield meat processing plants in Illinois closed due to coronavirus concerns

Smithfield Foods Inc. announced Friday that it will shutter operations at its Monmouth, Illinois, plant beginning Monday and until further notice. The company's location in St. Charles, Illinois, is also being closed until early May so that it can be cleaned and social distancing requirements put into place.

'No evidence' that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected: W.H.O.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that there was currently “no evidence” that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second coronavirus infection.