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U.S. to resume use of J&J COVID-19 vaccine immediately
***UPDATE*** 4/23/21 7 P.M. (Reuters) -The United States can resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine immediately, top health regulators said on Friday, ending a 10-day pause to in...
Apr 23, 2021
Local COVID roundup 4/23: 5 new deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — At least five people in the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county between Thursday and Friday died from COVID-19 complications. In Tazewell County, a woman in her 50s and a man in h...
Apr 23, 2021
Bustos tours local distillery key to local pandemic response
PEORIA, Ill. — When Black Band Distillery opened in Peoria’s Warehouse District in 2020, owner Chris Ober didn’t expect a pandemic to hit. When COVID-19 did hit, Ober started produci...
Apr 23, 2021
State COVID roundup 4/23: doses received far surpass daily average
PEORIA, Ill. — A total of 3,369 Illinoisans between Thursday and Friday tested positive for the coronavirus. 22 people died. 136,525 people during the reporting period received a dose of the vac...
Apr 23, 2021
OSF adds Meridian to list of accepted providers
PEORIA, Ill. — OSF HealthCare as of May 1 will start accepting Meridian Medicaid. This will include access to lab tests, x-rays, equipment, and access to the Children’s Hospital of Illinoi...
Apr 23, 2021
Law enforcement promote Saturday’s Drug Take Back Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Local law enforcement and the Illinois State Police will take part in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24. Police departments...
Apr 23, 2021
J&J COVID-19 vaccine ‘pause’ reviewed, U.S. officials hope to resume shots
(Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet again on Friday to consider whether to it is safe to resume injections of Johnson & Johnson’s COVI...
Apr 23, 2021
Local COVID roundup 4/22: 3 new deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — Three residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county passed away between Wednesday and Thursday from COVID-19. Two were from Peoria County: a man in his 60s and a woman in h...
Apr 22, 2021
‘No excuse:’ local health leaders talk spike in hospital COVID cases
PEORIA, Ill. — With just 17% of intensive care unit beds available throughout Region Two of Illinois, the Peoria City/County Health Department made the recent jump in hospitalized COVID-19 cases...
Apr 22, 2021
Remains found ID’ed as man missing since ’19
PEORIA, Ill. — Bones found in August 2020 along the banks of the Illinois River have been identified as a man missing since November of 2019. The Peoria County Coroner’s Office and the Ill...
Apr 22, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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