"It’s a weird mix of ‘there’s no COVID, but also there’s COVID.’”
Here's a new way to report the results of your at-home COVID-19 rapid test anonymously, and help give public health a better idea of how COVID is spreading in communities.
Champaign and Vermilion counties are back at the high community level for COVID-19, meaning masking is advised for everyone in the two counties regardless of vaccination status.
Urbana received $12.9 million from the American Rescue Plan Act and has about $10 million left to award to community projects.
All of East Central Illinois is headed into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend with a low rate of COVID-19 community transmission.
Two clinics for kids and teens ages 5-18 to get COVID-19 bivalent booster shots are being offered Nov. 5 by Carle Health.
SPRINGFIELD — The state will reopen a mortgage-assistance program for pandemic-affected homeowners Nov. 1.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $1 million grant to the University of Illinois for pandemic-related wastewater testing research.
Carle Foundation Hospital has filed a petition with state regulators seeking to make 36 temporary beds added for the COVID-19 pandemic permanent.
One more thing to add to the list of everything the pandemic has impacted, at least in its first two ravaging years: The amount of charity care provided at local hospitals.
Community transmission of COVID-19 has continued to decline throughout most of East Central Illinois and across the state.
Created idea at Peoria Notre Dame started ... wait for it ... during COVID.
A recent decline in COVID-19 spread across Illinois continued Friday, according to the state Department of Public Health.
CHAMPAIGN — Combining the widespread use of booster shots with a couple of protective measures more commonly used earlier in the pandemic could help reduce COVID-19 deaths in upcoming months, new research from the University of Illinois suggests.
CHAMPAIGN — The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District has filled all its current appointments for the new bivalent vaccine booster for COVID-19, but plans to offer more at a later date.
Since the Campus Recreational Center East testing site opened on Monday, more than 100 people have gotten their results, said SHIELD Illinois spokesman Ben Taylor. “It’s one of those times of the year where you don’t know what you have.”
Appointments have been filling up fast in Champaign County for the new omicron-fighting bivalent booster shot for COVID-19.
Organizations that want a piece of federal recovery funding from the city of Urbana can start applying now, city officials announced Friday.
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District has expanded first eligibility for the new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster shot to age 50 and older.
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District will begin making the new bivalent booster shot for COVID-19 available Sept. 12.
Just days after local public health and University of Illinois officials urged everyone to resume wearing face masks, the number of COVID-19 cases in Champaign County shot up substantially.
The booster shot designed to target COVID-19’s omicron subvariants will likely be available in Champaign County in about two weeks, a public health official said Wednesday.
For the most part, it’s been a mask-free summer for many who regard the COVID-19 pandemic as largely over. But the numbers tell a different story of a virus still very much around.
"It’s a weird mix of ‘there’s no COVID, but also there’s COVID.’”
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District is now strongly recommending that everyone wear a mask in indoor public places due to the high level of COVID-19 transmission.
A Champaign County woman in her 70s has died of COVID-19, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District has dozens of homemade air purifiers available, and they're free for the asking.
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District will discontinue contact tracing for COVID-19 starting Aug. 15.
COVID-19 deaths among Champaign County residents rose again by one, a man in his 70s.
Other requirements, such as masks, will be made by each campus based on conditions and requirements in their communities, according to new guidance from President Tim Killeen.
You may have heard the news of treatments for dealing with COVID-19 beyond getting vaccinated.
The governor, who is fully vaccinated and double boosted, said he is experiencing mild symptoms and will follow CDC guidelines and work from home.
The number of Champaign County residents who have died of COVID-19 has grown to five this month.
Seven to eight faculty will consult Chancellor Robert Jones as he picks the successor for Andreas Cangellaris, four-year provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.
COVID-19 transmission is at an elevated level throughout East Central Illinois, with Champaign, Vermilion, Douglas, Edgar and Coles counties among 50 in the state considered to be at a high transmission level, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health Friday.
Some of Illinois’ COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements are being relaxed, and that’s going to have a mixed impact in the local area for now.
A Champaign County man in his 70s became the 300th county resident to die of COVID-19.
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois will soon have a new Department of Public Health director and its first electric vehicles coordinator after Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced those appointments in recent days.
COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise again as new variants continue to pick up steam.
Two more Champaign County residents, both women in their 70s, have died of COVID-19, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District announced Friday.
Residents of Inman Place, a senior independent living facility in downtown Champaign, were expected to remain in quarantine in their apartments until next week due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
A Champaign County man in his 80s has died of COVID-19, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.
Champaign, Ford and Douglas counties were at a high community transmission level for COVID-19 as of Friday.
SPRINGFIELD — A state audit released Thursday found nearly $2 billion in federal money intended to help unemployed Illinoisans during the pandemic was lost to fraudulent claims in Illinois.
CHAMPAIGN — Getting her 4-year-old son vaccinated for COVID-19 is a big priority for University of Illinois epidemiologist Rebecca Smith.
The blessing box in the alley behind Vine Street Christian Church in Arthur has been, well, a blessing for everyone involved.
Most of East Central Illinois is at a medium level of COVID-19 transmission, but state health authorities are advising everyone to be cautious about Father's Day gatherings this weekend.
SPRINGFIELD — At least 16 residents and six staff members at the state-run veterans home in Manteno have tested positive for COVID-19, and one positive resident who was in hospice died Wednesday morning, according to the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
Free COVID-19 testing through SHIELD Illinois is, again being offered to every public school in the state outside Chicago for the 2022-2023 school year, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced Tuesday.
Champaign County is, once again, at a high community transmission level for COVID-19.
Parents anxiously waiting to get their young children vaccinated for COVID-19 may not have to wait much longer.
