COVID and flu surge could strain hospitals as JN.1 variant grows, CDC warns
"COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising quickly," the CDC said, and the new variant JN.1 is making up an increasing share of cases.
"COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising quickly," the CDC said, and the new variant JN.1 is making up an increasing share of cases.
Can you get your COVID booster and flu shot at the same time? Here's what health experts say.
People can now schedule a home visit for a COVID and flu vaccination on Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 6-30 p.m.
It will be the 589th pop-up COVID and flu vaccine clinic in the city.
With Chicago and Cook County still in that low-risk category, the city's top doctor wants to stay there.
Anyone six months and older can get COVID and flu vaccines.
If you still need to get your flu shot or COVID booster make plans to head to Olive Harvey College Saturday.
From 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., anyone 6 months and older can get COVID vaccines and boosters along with flu vaccines.
Both vaccines are offered at no cost and can be administered during the same visit
The number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois is expected to hit a nearly 10-month high by next week.
Local experts are warning of a triple-demic – with COVID, flu, and RSV cases in children all climbing for what is expected to be the worst season in a decade.
As Americans enter the third pandemic holiday season, there are two more respiratory viruses surging: respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza.
Mothers Opposed to Violence Everywhere has been going door to door, passing out the flyers to residents.
An organization took to the streets of North Lawndale and Garfield Park. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reported how one group is going door to door, on a mission to make sure everyone gets their flu shot.
"About 70% of Chicagoans have gotten their booster from a pharmacist. I didn't even feel it. How about that?"
The emergency room at the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital saw a huge influx in patients this past weekend on account of both viral infections.
Hospitals like the University of Chicago, Northwestern and Loyola have seen a very early rise in flu cases.
The flu has landed more people in the hospital nationwide this year than it has in the last decade. That was the concerning message from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday.
Chicago's top doctor predicts the city will move back into the medium COVID-19 risk level in the coming weeks.
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Trump will deliver remarks at 2 p.m. central time at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road.
No arrests have been made.
Highs will be in the middle 70s with gusty breezes.
The Sox' Andrew Benintendi homered leading off the eighth to tie it at 5 after Minnesota scored twice in the top half. But the Twins pulled it out in the ninth.
Trump will deliver remarks at 2 p.m. central time at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road.
Activist groups planning protests for the convention filing for an injunction Tuesday, on top of the lawsuit they've filed in federal court against the city's blocking of their protest plans.
The proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some other drugs.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's office announced the city will spend $32 million on $500 monthly payments for low-income families.
Judge Juan Merchan said Trump violated the order nine times in recent weeks and fined him $1,000 for each violation.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
The family didn't get their cut of the estate sale, not hearing back from the salesman until CBS 2 got involved.
The Better Business Bureau warns that anyone buying an event ticket should watch out for fake ticket scams.
Financial records show Paul Croft and J.D. Frost raised about $30 million for a hydrogen plant that was supposed to be, at one point, in Indiana. It never existed, an attorney says.
Anyone with these sausages in their refrigerators should throw them away or return them to the store.
First known HIV cases from a nonsterile injection for cosmetic reasons highlights the risk of unlicensed providers.
The city's measles dashboard said a total of 63 measles cases have been confirmed in Chicago this year, with one new case this week.
The department said anyone who visited the Sam's Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park one day last week may have been exposed to someone with measles.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
Officials said there was no known link between this case and the recent outbreak of measles at a migrant shelter in Chicago.
Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that the Bears' shiny new dome could end up costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
The company announced Tuesday that it received a stalking horse bid to purchase its operating assets.
Dozens of typewriters clutter the shelves of the 24-year-old business owner's workshop inside his parents' home in Downers Grove.
The closure affects both Dom's locations in Chicago, and all 33 Foxtrot stores in Chicago, Texas, and the Washington D.C. area.
Paramount said long-time CEO Bob Bakish will leave the company, which is in discussions to explore a sale or merger.
The vinyl sales alone were monumental, Billboard said, with "the largest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era."
Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges has been overturned by the State of New York Court of Appeals.
Still, Ravinia is capitalizing on the situation with a limited-edition shirt—reading, "Ravinia Interrupta," and calling the cicada buzz the loudest song of summer.
The singer was found deceased at her home, a representative said.
Police said the teen was sitting inside a home around midnight, on 62nd Street and Vernon Avenue, when someone outside fired shots. He was hit in the back.
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Supporters of rescheduling marijuana call the DEA’s proposed move a step in the right direction – even though it falls short of federally decriminalizing marijuana. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Nine days after his murder, and a day after he was buried, Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca’s killer remained at large. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
With demonstrations happening on campuses across the city, Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling was asked Tuesday to weigh in on how they are responding.
The NYPD took dozens of protesters at Columbia University into custody Tuesday night. This comes after demonstrators forced their way into a university building and locked themselves inside.
Caschaus Tate, 20, is accused of tossing Officer Huesca's stolen gun into a neighbor's yard when police showed up at his house looking for the officer's accused killer.
Supporters of rescheduling marijuana call the DEA's proposed move a step in the right direction—even though it falls short of federally decriminalizing marijuana.
Trump will deliver remarks at 2 p.m. central time at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road.
Expert panel discussion centers the focus on the disparity that 1 in 3 victims of crime in Chicago is a Black woman
Police arrived at the scene sooner than if they had waited for the first 911 call.
Anthony Robinson's attorney said his previous defense lawyer failed to present evidence that showed it was physically impossible for him to be the shooter.
The village board is working on a resolution to hire Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor before her lone term as Chicago's mayor, to investigate claims Henyard has been misusing public funds.
DCFS Director Heidi Mueller was asked Thursday why some kids in the system are being held in psychiatric hospitals longer than medically necessary.
The Sox' Andrew Benintendi homered leading off the eighth to tie it at 5 after Minnesota scored twice in the top half. But the Twins pulled it out in the ninth.
The teams were hitless in six plate appearances with runners in scoring position against the starters.
The Chicago Fire have a handful of homegrown players on the roster, including Brian Gutierrez, who led the team in assists and was named Team MVP last season.
Garrett Crochet pitched five innings for the White Sox, allowing two runs and five hits after dropping his previous three starts.
Christopher Morel hit a two-run homer off Edwin Díaz to snap a ninth-inning tie and the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 3-1 after being held hitless by Luis Severino into the eighth.
Monica Davis turned herself in to Schaumburg police last week after learning investigators received complaints about her suburban dental practice.
Caschaus Tate, 20, is accused of tossing Officer Huesca's stolen gun into a neighbor's yard when police showed up at his house looking for the officer's accused killer.
They were shot near the sidewalk in the 1200 block of North Keeler Avenue around 1 p.m., according to Chicago police.
Prosecutors asked the judge to prohibit the defense from mentioning words, including "cult or ritualistic killing" and the religion known as "Odinism."
A U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force was attempting to serve a warrant in Charlotte when the shooting started, the police said.