Chicago Program That Advocates For Mistreated Nursing-Home Residents Staffed At Only 50% During Pandemic
The city’s nursing home residents needed advocates like never before. There was state cash, but city officials didn’t use it.
The city’s nursing home residents needed advocates like never before. There was state cash, but city officials didn’t use it.
In a WBEZ exclusive interview, Harris promoted the new United Center mass vaccination site and said: “Folks have to take this vaccine when it is their turn.”
Vaccination optimism is driving renewed travel planning for the second half of 2021. Here’s what you should know.
Nearly three months into vaccine distribution in Illinois, there’s no statewide or citywide multilingual helpline.
Senior citizens will get first dibs starting Thursday on booking thousands of available appointments in Chicago.
Chicago schools, restaurants and bars have all partially reopened, but depression remains a problem for many residents after a year like no other.
The new one-shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, authorized over the weekend, is expected to start arriving in Illinois any day now.
The site is expected to vaccinate up to 6,000 people a day, with federally-supplied vaccines, and will be open to anyone in Illinois currently eligible.
With capacity limits rising as COVID-19 cases fall, restaurant employees are still anxiously waiting to be vaccinated.
The site would be able to vaccinate up to 6,000 people a day, a source says, with a focus on Black and brown communities and additional vaccine from the feds.