Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Allison Arwady

Chicago, suburbs back down to low COVID-19 risk level: CDC

Illinois has reported an average of 2,482 new cases per day over the past week, a 32% decline compared to a month ago.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 24, 2022

With fall and cooler temps ahead, the new COVID booster is essential

Chicagoans, don’t allow COVID fatigue to keep you from staying safe and healthy. Take precautions against the coronavirus and the flu.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 19, 2022

Nearly 200,000 Illinoisans have received the updated COVID booster

In Chicago, 65% of the doses administered to date have gone to white residents.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 16, 2022

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Two new COVID-19 vaccines will be available in Chicago this week

The city already has been allocated about 150,000 doses of the updated vaccines, and more than 130 pharmacies in Chicago are expected to receive doses this week.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 6, 2022

Arwady on new COVID shot: Get boosted ASAP

“We very much are going to want people to get this updated vaccine right now and not wait three or four months,” she said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 1, 2022

New COVID-19 booster shots could be available in Chicago after Labor Day

The FDA today authorized the new booster, which could arrive as early as next week in Chicago, where nearly 2 million residents are expected to be eligible.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2022

As monkeypox cases plateau, Chicago suspending large-scale vaccination drives

Cook County Health hasn’t diagnosed anyone with monkeypox in four days, officials there say.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 30, 2022

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, Chicago health chief Dr. Allison Arwady both test positive for COVID-19

The two join the lengthy list of Illinois officials and politicians who have come down with the virus since March 2020. The 88-year-old White reported mild symptoms, and Arwady said she had “some cold-like symptoms and fever but am otherwise well.” Both are fully vaccinated and boosted and working…

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 25, 2022

Monkeypox cases show signs of slowing down — but keep prevention moving forward

Health officials can take advantage of the fact that there is not much vaccine hesitancy around MPV, as there was with COVID-19.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 24, 2022

Arwady expresses cautious optimism on spread of monkeypox in Chicago

The city is not seeing “the potentially exponential growth that we were seeing early on,” the city’s top doctor said Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 23, 2022

Officials urge caution heading into Market Days weekend as Illinois monkeypox case count rises to 571

Monkeypox cases have been detected across 55 of Chicago’s 77 community areas, and while most have emerged among men who have sex with men, officials stress that anyone can become infected through close contact.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 4, 2022

Monkeypox case reported at Cook County Jail

Health officials believe the risk to the general population and staff at the jail is low based on how the disease is transmitted.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 26, 2022

Judge rejects bid to force Arwady deposition in General Iron case

The public health commissioner won’t be required to answer questions under oath after permit denial.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 25, 2022

How Chicago’s handling a monkeypox outbreak, Lolla’s top acts to see and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 22, 2022

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 22, 2022

With 202 monkeypox cases and not enough shots to go around, Chicago prioritizes vaccine

Until there is enough vaccine to meet the rising demand, Chicago has a plan to distribute the limited supply of monkeypox vaccine.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 12, 2022

Monkeypox continues to spread. 105 Chicagoans infected as vaccines roll out, health officials say.

Since monkeypox was first detected in the city nearly a month ago, 105 Chicagoans have been diagnosed with the virus, health officials said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 8, 2022

COVID-19 filling hospital beds across Illinois, as risk level improves to ‘medium’ in Cook County

Hospital admissions have more than doubled since mid-April, following a steady increase in cases since the early spring — a trend playing out in most other parts of the country, too.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 28, 2022

Youngest Chicagoans focus of latest vaccination push

The Chicago Department of Public Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois are teaming up to open family vaccination clinics on the South Side throughout the summer.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 27, 2022

Cook County at high risk for COVID-19 but expected to improve this week

“I know everyone wants COVID to be over,” said Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady. “Unfortunately, we continue to see the COVID virus itself mutate quickly, with new, more contagious subvariants emerging every few weeks.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 10, 2022

In Southwest Side viaducts, peeling paint contains toxic levels of lead. But is it a hazard?

Three years ago, a teacher and her sixth-graders found levels hundreds of times what would be considered safe for house paint. But city health officials downplay any health threat.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

Disparities in COVID-19 vaccinations cost 255 lives in Chicago last year

The Alpha and Delta variant waves left 342 Chicagoans dead in less vaccinated parts of the city. That toll could have been 75% lower if more people had been inoculated, University of Chicago Medicine researchers found.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2022

Risky business? As Cook, collar counties move to COVID high risk, Chicago’s top doctor urges masks, booster shots

U.S. health officials declare Cook, collar counties at high risk for COVID-19 outbreaks and strain on hospitals.

Chicago Tribune · May 21, 2022

Chicago expected to reach ‘high’ COVID-19 level as soon as next week

CHICAGO — Chicago is expected to increase to a “high” community level of COVID-19 next week as positive cases continue rising across the city and suburbs, public health officials said Friday, mirroring the surge of infections around other parts of the country.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 20, 2022

Eight Illinois counties hit high risk level for COVID-19 — and Cook County’s not far behind

Cases have been on the rise statewide since mid-March, or a few weeks after Gov. J.B. Pritzker lifted his indoor mask mandate.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 18, 2022

Heading to ‘high’ risk? City, county public health chiefs split in predictions for Chicago’s COVID-19 future

Masks would be urged for all residents in indoor public spaces in counties that rise to the high risk level. One of Cook County’s top doctors says she doesn’t expect the county to hit that level anytime soon. But Chicago’s Dr. Allison Arwady has said it “could happen potentially even…

1 2 3 4 5

Coverage From

People

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Department of Public Health

38 stories

Illinois Department of Public Health

Chicago Department of Public Health

17 stories

Reserve Management

11 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.