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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitchell Armentrout

Ring in the new year with vaccines, experts urge as COVID-19, flu cases rise in Cook County

Dr. Rachel Rubin, senior medical officer for the Cook County Department of Public Health, shown at an April 2022 news conference, says respiratory illnesses are on the rise in Cook County and beyond. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Cook County residents should resolve to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza — and they shouldn’t wait until the new year to do it, experts say. 

Flu cases especially are sending more people to hospitals as winter temperatures plummet, families gather for the holidays and another brutal season of respiratory illness bears down on Chicago, according to Dr. Rachel Rubin, senior medical officer at the Cook County Department of Public Health. 

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