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Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Familys Warning After Teens Death, Illinois Vaccine Update © Provided by NBC Chicago Arlene Ramirez, RN, director, patient care, ED, Long Island Jewish Valley Stream, receives the Moderna coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York City, December 21, 2020. Note: Any news conferences from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot or other officials will be streamed in the video player above. Mom...

2020/12/28 10:56 Michelle Chester, director of employee health services at Northwell Health, right, shows the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Arlene Ramirez, director of p... Michelle Chester, director of employee health services at Northwell Health, right, shows the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Arlene Ramirez, director of patient care at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital, before administering the vaccine to her on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Valley Stream, N.Y. (E...

Arlene Ramirez receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week at Northwell Healths Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York. Health care workers across the country have started receiving COVID-19 vaccines, but doctors and nurses at some hospitals say vaccine distribution has been chaotic. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Arlene Ramirez receives the...

Arlene Ramirez receives the Moderna coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Healths Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York City on Dec. 21. Healthcare workers across the country have started receiving COVID-19 vaccines, but doctors and nurses at some hospitals say vaccine distribution has been chaotic. Credit: POOL/AFP via Getty Images As Hospitals Rollout COVID-19 Vaccines, Health Care Workers Describe Chaos And Anger By at 9:53 am NPR Health...

Print article LOS ANGELES — The aim of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 is herd immunity — the point at which so few people are susceptible to infection that the virus runs out of places to go. In the early days of the pandemic, epidemiologists estimated that would require inoculating about two-thirds of the U.S. population. Now many of those same experts say that figure is almost certainly too low. “If you really want true herd immunity, where you get a blanket of protection...

Dec 22, 2020 Congress voted Monday night to pass a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, the first new aid since April. The measure is part of a $2.3 trillion package that includes $1.4 trillion to fund the government. It’s one of the largest relief packages in U.S. history. The legislation includes $300-per-week federal unemployment assistance for 11 weeks; a round of $600 stimulus checks for people who earn up to $75,000, with another $600 per child; more money for schools and hospitals;...

HeadlineDec 22, 2020 On Monday, the first doses of Moderna’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccine arrived at medical centers around the U.S. One of the very first to receive the Moderna vaccine was 44-year-old Arlene Ramirez, a nurse from Queens, New York, who became ill with COVID-19 in March and lost her father to the disease. Arlene Ramirez: “As a healthcare worker, seeing what we saw — people clinging on to life, death after death — having endured all at the same time — illnes...

(Photo : Eduardo Munoz-Pool/Getty Images) Arlene Ramirez, RN, director of patient care, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Healths Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital on December 21, 2020 in Valley Stream, New York. A new virus strain was found in the U.K. and some social media posts claimed it was caused by the new COVID-19 vaccine, but is that really the case? Shortly after news of the new virus strain became known, Twitter started getting these claims about the COVID-1...

December 22, 2020 SHOW TRANSCRIPT A second approved vaccine is now in the arms of some Americans.  "This vaccine is hope. Its hope that we will cease the pandemic, live a better life," said Arlene Ramiriez. "We shouldnt be afraid of the vaccine." Thats Arlene Ramirez, a nurse in New York. She was one of the among the first to get Modernas vaccine yesterday after it was approved by the FDA on Friday. And she is just one of many who will get the shot this week.  More health care workers will be...

Texas businesses in need of COVID-19 relief bill to help cover pandemic debt KTRK Share: HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Texas Restaurant Association is asking congress for more COVID-19 relief as more than 10,000 restaurants in the state have shut down due to the pandemic, and many more are in jeopardy as they brace for tougher months. Michael Shine, owner of Franks Americana Revival, said the restaurants revenue is down more than 45% compared to last year. He said December is usually the make-...