What does Cook County’s ‘high’ COVID-19 risk level mean for you?

Plus, what you need to know about monkeypox. The state’s first two probable cases were found in Chicago last week.

By Christian Elliott
Monkeypox
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Monkeypox, a disease that rarely appears outside Africa, has been identified by European and American health authorities in recent days. Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner / CDC via AP
Monkeypox
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Monkeypox, a disease that rarely appears outside Africa, has been identified by European and American health authorities in recent days. Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner / CDC via AP

What does Cook County’s ‘high’ COVID-19 risk level mean for you?

Plus, what you need to know about monkeypox. The state’s first two probable cases were found in Chicago last week.

By Christian Elliott
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Nineteen Illinois counties are now under the CDC’s “high” alert level for COVID-19 transmission. What does that mean for summertime activities? And how worried should you be about monkeypox?

Reset checks in with an infectious disease specialist for the latest guidance.

GUEST: Dr. Mia Taormina, infectious disease specialist with Duly Health and Care