Illinois health officials gear up for tough stage of vaccine rollout ahead
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All Illinoisans over the age of 16 will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine next week. Illinois will now join many other states who have now made all adults eligible to receive the vaccine. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the change at
The State of Illinois will receive an additional $124 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to further expand its robust COVID-19 vaccination program, including more than $90 million for the state and $33 million for the city of Chicago. Approximately 75% of the funding
Six rural counties will be sent a specialized rural vaccination team to increase their vaccine distribution capacity. It is estimated that more than 8,000 people will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks due to the program. Those being served by the program will receive the
Opioid overdoses have spiked in the state of Illinois since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its end, the state legislature is working to fight the long term effects it had on the opioid epidemic. The Senate Access and Availability committee heard testimony on Tuesday
Loretto Hospital CEO George Miller Jr. has been suspended for two weeks without pay due to alleged misuse of COVID-19 vaccines, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune. The CEO came under fire earlier this month when it was revealed that he allowed his hospital to vaccinate hotel staff
Rush University Medical Center will be one of the first hospitals in the country to offer deep brain stimulation (DBS) through telemedicine. The NeuroSphere Virtual Clinic has chosen Rush has a handful of medical centers to rollout their neuromodulation technology. It is the first technology of this sort that has