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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered U.S. states to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers to ensure children could return to school quickly and safely, and calle...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Tuesday reported a significant drop in ICU usage for COVID-19 patients, going from 10 on Monday to just three. Non-ICU usage in area hospi...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 1,577 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 47 additional deaths. IDPH anticipates ...

(Reuters) – Merck & Co Inc will help make rival Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine in a partnership set to be announced on Tuesday by U.S. President Joe Biden, a Whit...

PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — In coordination with the National Weather Service, Peoria County’s Emergency Management Agency will conduct a test of weather alert radios at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 2...

(Reuters) – The United States must stick to a two-dose strategy for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, top U.S. infectious disease official Anthony Fauci told the Washington Post...

PEORIA, Ill. — Another data dump led Peoria City/County Health Department’s Monday COVID-19 report to reflect 11 previously unreported virus-related deaths, some of which date back two mon...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported 50,897 vaccines were administered Sunday in the state, bringing the state to more than 2,750,000 overall. The ...

PEORIA, Ill. — In a statement on their website, the St. Patrick’s Society of Peoria said, “Considering these unprecedented times, along with minimal participants registering, we weig...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,249 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the state to 1,186,696 total cases since the start of the pandemic. Sunday̵...