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Updated 5/28/2021 6:39 AM Several mass vaccination sites that opened this winter offering hope and drawing thousands of people amid a deadly surge in the COVID-19 pandemic are closing as demand for shots tapers down. On Thursday, Cook County Health officials retired vaccination locations in Tinley Park, South Holland and River Grove. Those sites will be consolidated with locations in Forest Park, Des Plaines and Matteson, which remain open.   On June 14, the Lake County Health Department will shut down its largest site, at the fairgrounds in Grayslake. Nearly half of adults in Illinois are f...

Updated 5/27/2021 11:41 AM Several mass vaccination sites that opened this winter offering hope and drawing thousands of people amid a deadly surge in the COVID-19 pandemic are closing as demand tapers down. Today, Cook County Health will close locations in Tinley Park, South Holland and River Grove and consolidate them with locations in Forest Park, Des Plaines and Matteson.   On June 14, the Lake County Health Department will close its largest site at the fairgrounds in Grayslake. "Two thirds of Illinois residents have received their first dose of this lifesaving vaccine, and we are moving...

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine pause isn't preventing Pfizer and Moderna versions from going like hot cakes in the suburbs. Average new cases are down statewide, but the shots per day average also has dipped.

Updated 3/9/2021 6:31 AM The exclusion of collar county residents from COVID-19 vaccination appointments at the United Center means a longer wait for some people with serious health problems to get shots, officials indicated Monday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency limited online inoculation appointments at the popular United Center mass vaccination site to Chicago residents on Sunday, the day people with medical conditions such as cancer or heart disease would have been eligible to register.   "FEMA on Friday decided that they wanted to change the process," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at...