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Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Phase 5 Possible in July, Auto Show Returns, Chicago Travel Order © Bloomberg via Getty Images A pedestrian looks into a reopened restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The state of Illinois is on track to enter Phase 5 of its reopening plan - which would mark a full reopening with no capacity limits - in July, officials say. NBC 5 Responds: FEMA Program Aims to Help Pay for Funerals of COVID-19 Victims Replay Video UP NEXT Meanwhile...

Published May 4, 2021 • Updated 2 hours ago The state of Illinois is on track to enter Phase 5 of its reopening plan - which would mark a full reopening with no capacity limits - in July, officials say. Meanwhile, Chicago updated its emergency travel order Tuesday, putting neighboring Indiana on the list requiring travelers to quarantine or test negative for COVID-19 prior to their arrival in the city. Dont miss local breaking news and weather! Download our mobile app for iOS or Android ...

Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Mayur Kakade / Getty On April 15, Gargi Shindé, a 43-year-old nonprofit executive, logged onto Zoom at 5 a.m. From her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, she watched her relatives huddle around a bright-yellow body bag at a crematorium in Pune, India. They were performing the final rites for Shindé’s aunt, Vijaya, who had just died from COVID-19. All she could do was watch. The bag was almost fully zipped, revealing only Vijaya’s face, which appeared tiny and b...

The Atlantic As American adults line up for shots, children are becoming disproportionately represented among the unvaccinated. April 21, 2021 Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. As of this week, people ages 16 and older are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in all U.S. states. But as adults and older teens reclaim a bit of normal...

The Atlantic The Danger of a ‘Dudes Only’ Vaccine We still don’t know who’s most at risk of getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine blood clots. Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Johnson & Johnson shot is teetering on the precipice of becoming America’s “dudes only” vaccine. On Tuesday, the CDC and FDA advised halting the vaccine’s nationwide rollout to investigate six cases of a rare blood-clotting disorder that’s occurred in people within about two weeks of receiving the vaccine...

CSA Images / Designer 29 / Getty / Katie Martin / The Atlantic A few weeks ago, my partially vaccinated partner and my wholly unvaccinated self got an invitation to a group dinner, held unmasked and indoors. There’d be Thai food for 10, we were promised, and two über-immunized hosts, more than two weeks out from their last Moderna doses. And what about everyone else? I asked. Would they be fully vaccinated, too? Well, came the response. Not really. Some would be, some wouldn’t. But it h...

One morning in March, I woke up feeling horrible. Head: pressurized. Limbs: leaden. Nose: runny. Oh no, I thought, as I lay in bed. I rubbed my eyes. They were … itchy! I got up and went to the bathroom mirror. Red, too! Thank God, I thought. Allergies! I don’t usually get so excited about the onset of my seasonal allergies. Most years, it goes something like this: I wake up feeling sick. I assume it’s a cold. I slouch around self-pityingly and wait for the illness to pass, but a few d...

Wikimedia / The Atlantic For much of 2020, the world pinned its collective post-pandemic plans on a single, glimmering end point: the arrival of an effective COVID-19 vaccine. The resounding refrain of “when I’m vaccinated” has long conjured images of people shedding their masks, hugging their friends, and returning to a semblance of normalcy. And now some vaccinated people are doing exactly that. In recent weeks, I’ve heard dozens of stories from friends, family members, and co-workers...

The Atlantic The Left’s Answer to Trump Is 6 Foot 8 and Wears Shorts in February There’s never been a statewide politician like John Fetterman. Now he’s a front-runner for the U.S. Senate. Updated at 2:30 p.m. ET on March 11, 2020. BRADDOCK, Pa.—John Fetterman didn’t grow up with anyone who had a biker-bar bouncer’s chin beard or who wore work shirts and shorts in February. He didn’t grow up committed to LGBTQ rights and legalizing marijuana and a living wage. The Pennsylvania lie...

The Atlantic A Catholic Sinner Seeks Communion—And Happens to Be President Some bishops—and many conservative laypeople—think Joe Biden should be denied access to one of the faith’s most important sacraments. Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic Father Kevin Gillespie and the staff at Holy Trinity Catholic Church find out that President Joe Biden is coming to Mass an hour and a half ahead of time. For security reasons, only a few people can know, including the music director, who might oth...