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New COVID booster shots inched closer to distribution this week, but another critical step in the process will take place Thursday. Plus, what do we know about...

Reading and math test scores among elementary school children dropped to historically low levels during the coronavirus pandemic.

A CDC advisory panel endorsed omicron-specific COVID vaccine boosters for all US adults, a day after the FDA authorized the Moderna and Pfizer shots.

New COVID booster shots could be coming, aimed at targeting the omicron variant and the BA.5 subvariant currently dominating cases in the U.S. Experts expect a...

Updated COVID vaccine booster shots that target omicron “bivalent” strains will roll out soon after FDA authorization. Here’s what you need to know.

With the fall school year underway, some Illinois schools have started "strongly recommending" masks as COVID cases begin to climb. This comes as the White...

With no new COVID variants of concern on the horizon, COVID case numbers in the region are reaching levels last seen in April.

With many Chicago-area counties dropping to medium or low COVID alert levels this week, how does that compare to the rest of Illinois? The change comes just as...

As many people become complacent, the well-known COVID expert lays out a new threshold of...

Fall booster shots targeting the omicron COVID variant could come sooner than initially expected. That's welcomed news as the BA.5 variant continues to dominate...