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For every new case of COVID-19 diagnosed in the suburbs over the past week, 17 people have gotten a dose of the vaccine. But frustration about access to vaccines remains high, and another 35 people have died of the disease.

Super Bowl parties could become COVID-19 superspreader events, experts worry WLS CHICAGO (WLS) -- Despite relaxed rules, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Americas top infectious disease expert, does not want the Super Bowl to turn into a super spreader event. While Super Bowl Sunday traditionally brings in business for restaurants and bars, Dr. Fauci encouraged people to "lay low" instead of going to parties. "It hurts that people are going to stay home. With the restrictions, we will do at least 20% of what...

Super Bowl parties could become COVID-19 superspreader events, experts worry WLS Share: CHICAGO (WLS) -- Despite relaxed rules, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Americas top infectious disease expert, does not want the Super Bowl to turn into a super spreader event. While Super Bowl Sunday traditionally brings in business for restaurants and bars, Dr. Fauci encouraged people to "lay low" instead of going to parties. "It hurts that people are going to stay home. With the restrictions, we will do at least 20% ...

Updated 2/3/2021 6:27 AM Illinois daily tally of people getting COVID-19 vaccinations remained below the seven-day average, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Tuesday, but its not for lack of interest. As proof, "our website this morning saw nearly 1.9 million hits in the first hour," Cook County Department of Public Health spokeswoman Deborah Song said. She was describing the onslaught of people trying to hook up with vaccinations at a second Cook County mass inoculation site op...

Vaccine is our ticket back to normalcy, but experts warn herd immunity is months away Crowds of people check out food vendors at a street festival in downtown Palatine in 2019. Medical experts say it could still take months for the economy to reopen at pre-pandemic levels, but the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine is promising. Daily Herald File Photo, 2019   Large indoor gatherings, like this graduation ceremony at Wheeling High School in 2019, could be possible later this year th...

Posted12/20/2020 12:00 PM The COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the suburbs, people continued to give their time to those in need, and the Daily Herald named its annual holiday lights contest winners in The Week in Pictures for December 12-18, 2020.   Steve Mosias, left, of Palatine and Jim Bethke of Elgin, were among those who came to pay their respects to Marine Corps and Vietnam veteran Stephen Alan Myerson at Laird Funeral Home in Elgin Tuesday. Myerson had no known family when he died Sept. ...

The I-Team looked into the question of "Where are the vaccines?" Monday was nicknamed "COVID-D-Day," after the pivotal beginning of the end of World War Two. By Tuesday, a day later for some suburban Chicago hospitals, the D in this day is disappointment. Because the vaccines that arrived in Illinois Monday have not yet arrived at their hospitals, or into the arms of their health care workers. Yesterday, there was video of Governor JB Pritzker inspecting the vaccine warehouse while some hospita...

Doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are already in short supply, but thats not the main reason it will be months before children are able to be inoculated.