15 million J&J COVID vaccines thrown away after ingredient mix-up

A dosage mix-up at a Baltimore production facility, which ruined about 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine, has prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to delay certification of the facility.

UChicago researchers develop new immunotherapy cancer vaccine
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Professor Melody Swartz from the University of Chicago talks about her team's development of a new immunotherapy cancer vaccine that uses a patient?s own tumor cells to help eliminate the disease.

Loretto Hospital CEO suspended after improper vaccinations

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.

COVID-19's impact on dementia patients
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi talks about the brutal impact the pandemic has had on dementia patients.

‘This is deadly serious’: Biden calls for states to reinstate mask mandates amid uptick in COVID-19 cases

President Joe Biden implored state officials who lifted mask mandates to reinstate them as well as maintaining any preventative health measure to stave off a potential fourth COVID-19 surge, Monday.

Biden says 90% of adults will be eligible for COVID vaccine in 3 weeks

"I'm pleased to announce that at least 90% of all adults in this country will be eligible to be vaccinated by April 19, just three weeks from now, because we have the vaccines," Biden said.

Biden says 90% of US adults will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine by April 19

President Joe Biden said at least 90% of the adult U.S. population will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine by April 19 and will have access to a vaccination site within 5 miles of home.

Florida governor to forbid COVID-19 ‘vaccine passports’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that he would issue an executive order forbidding local governments and businesses from requiring so-called "vaccine passports" to show proof that customers have been inoculated against the coronavirus.

Chicago opens vaccination site for union workers

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Federation of Labor will open a new vaccination site for union essential workers as Chicago expands eligibility under Phase 1c.

WHO report says animals likely source of COVID-19, lab leak 'extremely unlikely'

A joint WHO-China study says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario, according to a copy obtained by the Associated Press.

Illinois to receive 1M COVID vaccine doses as eligibility expands

Illinois will receive nearly one million doses of the coronavirus vaccine this week as more people become eligible to get vaccinated.