City: Vaccines For ‘High-Need’ West Side Will Continue As Hospital’s Supply Is Suspended
Chicago’s top doctor reassured Austin residents they still will get vaccines, despite the city’s suspension of supply to Loretto Hospital.
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Illinois Is Expanding Vaccine Eligibility To More Essential Workers Starting Monday
Higher education staff, government workers and the media are among those next in line for their shots.
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Tech Snafus, Muffled Voices And Joy: Inside A Hybrid Classroom In Chicago
Olga Contreras started a mix of in-person and remote teaching this month, focusing on moving students forward in a year full of disruptions.
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Community Leaders Demand That Chicago Officials Take The Vaccine To The People
The People’s COVID-19 Response Team proposes that the city establish vaccination sites in 26 vulnerable communities of color.
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With More Vaccines On The Way, A ‘Vaccine Brigade’ Volunteers To Put Shots In Arms
More vaccinators — not just more vaccines — are helping get people get inoculated more quickly.
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Lightfoot Cuts Off Loretto Hospital After Vaccinations For Ineligible ‘Well-Connected’ People
The hospital on Chicago’s West Side admitted to “mistakes” in giving chances for scarce shots to Cook County judges and Trump Tower workers.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot On Her Pandemic Year: ‘Every Decision Was Hard’
In a wide-ranging interview with WBEZ, Lightfoot reflected on the impact of the pandemic on residents, the city’s health system and CPS, saying she wants to go all in-person in the fall.
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Illinois To Open Vaccine Eligibility To Those 16 And Over On April 12
Gov. JB Pritzker’s expansion plan doesn’t apply to Chicago but meets President Biden’s mandate to let everyone be vaccinated by May 1.
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Cook County Judges — And Spouses — Offered Special Chance At COVID-19 Vaccine At Loretto Hospital
An email shows judges and spouses were invited to get vaccinated at Loretto Hospital, which wrongly vaccinated Trump Tower workers.
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Here’s Who’s Eligible Next In Chicago For A COVID-19 Vaccine
Phase 1c starts on March 29, and includes restaurant and salon workers, people 16 and over with underlying conditions and college professors.
