How are the major health insurers covering coronavirus testing and virus-related health services?

Since the coronavirus can live on plastic for a few days, is it safe to get groceries in plastic bags?

With the FDA lifting pharmaceutical restrictions in the wake of the pandemic and nursing homes expressing concern over running out, Jenna Vogel, owner of Doug’s Compounding Pharmacy, saw an opportunity to help.

For places steeped in tradition and ritual, dealing with the coronavirus pandemic during Holy Week and Passover brings new meaning to the 'think outside the box' concept.

They're trying to figure out how big it will be, knocking out much of a busy spring's worth of hotel/motel, food-and-beverage and sales taxes.

Among the problems those meeting via the videoconferencing service have encountered: People signing in with their names as racial epithets, showing pornography, and shouting derogatory phrases and racial slurs.

If you noticed a traffic jam Thursday afternoon on Wesley Avenue in Savoy, there was no reason for concern.

The officer is currently recovering at home in isolation and does not require hospitalization, a news release said. All employees and members of the public who may have been in contact with them are being notified.

“It is our intention that these furloughs will be short term, with a current expectation of all team members returning to work no later than June 1, 2020,” Chief Executive Officer Kenny Bilger said in a letter to Christie employees that clinic officials shared with The News-Gazette.

9:45 a.m. update: Bruce Swartz announced this morning on Facebook that he tested positive for COVID-19.

While Dr. James Leonard says that he, like everybody else, is 'paddling upstream' in the face of the pandemic, the situation is manageable — for now.

That includes some creative strategies, such as making basic grocery staple items and take-and-bake meals available for employees to help reduce trips to grocery stores — something new the Carle health system started this week.

How do you keep the rest of the household safe when you have a family member sick with this disease?

'We will be looking,' said Dr. Tom Pliura, a LeRoy-based doctor and lawyer who owns CampusTown Urgent Care in Champaign.

'We’re living our mission, and that’s being a ray of hope for our community.'

Of the 38 total cases reported in Champaign County, slightly more than half of the people have been 50 years old or younger.

Since misery loves company, people can take some solace with the admonition that we're all in this together. Because we are all in this together, right? Well, maybe not as much as some people might hope.

Checking in from the U.K. in Part 5 of our new UI alum-themed series: The Gies College of Business grad and award-winning novelist who is better known to her legion of fans as Rumer Haven. She told Editor Jeff D’Alessio what life’s like in locked-down London.

There has been a lot of discussion about influenza killing more people than coronavirus. Can you please weigh in on that? And have all the preventive precautions for coronavirus greatly reduced the number of influenza cases?