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  2 days ago

  Hesistant parents seek answers as COVID-19 shots begin for children 5 and under: ‘I know it’s safer for him to be vaccinated’

  Chicago Tribune - Mike Nolan

  Chii Lewis said that long before COVID-19 vaccinations were available for children 5 and under, family members were urging her to get her son, Isaiah, immunized. But she was not fully on board. “I was more nervous than my husband,” she said before her 3-year-old got his first injection Thursday. “I …

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  3 days ago

  Elmo, 3, joins youngest Americans in getting COVID-19 vaccine

  Chicago Tribune

  V is for vaccine. Elmo got a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, according to Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind “Sesame Street.” In a public service announcement posted to YouTube, the beloved 3-and-a-half-year-old “Sesame Street” star talked with his dad about what it was like to …

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  6 days ago

  Cook County returns to high COVID-19 alert level as hospitalizations increase

  Chicago Tribune - Jake Sheridan

  Image 1 of 103 Air travelers, some with face masks and others without, line up for their flights on April 19, 2022 at Midway International Airport in Chicago. A federal judge overturned the CDC mask mandate for federal transportation including airplanes and trains. (Antonio Perez / Chicago …

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  6 days ago

  Monkeypox cases in Chicago jump to 42 but it remains rare and is much less transmissible than COVID-19

  Chicago Tribune - Jake Sheridan

  Chicago has tallied 42 diagnosed monkeypox cases, the city’s top doctor said Monday. That’s a notable increase from the 27 cases that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was reporting for all of Illinois. Dr. Allison Arwady, shared the update with the City Council’s health committee Monday. …

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  6 days ago

  Court revives block of COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers

  Chicago Tribune - KEVIN McGILL

  NEW ORLEANS — In a reversal for President Joe Biden, a federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday agreed to reconsider its own April ruling that allowed the administration to require federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The new order from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in …

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  6 days ago

  University of Maryland doctors look to college athletes to understand COVID’s effects on the heart

  Chicago Tribune - Meredith Cohn

  Doctors learned early in the pandemic that COVID-19 was more than a respiratory disease. It was attacking bodily organs, including the heart — even in healthy, young athletes. Enough athletes with COVID were experiencing heart inflammation, called myocarditis, that doctors at the University of …