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Moderna vaccine approved for emergency use by FDA
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a stagg...
Dalton Kemper Dec 18, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos's ex-wife, donates $5 million to Goodwill of Central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill -- MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has gifted $5 million to Goodwill of Central Illinois. Over the last four months, Scott has gifted more than $4 bi...
Dalton Kemper Dec 18, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD-Mike Sabol
State COVID roundup 12/18: 112k tested
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The statewide COVID-19 rolling seven-day positivity rate fell between Thursday and Friday to an even 8%. 112,292 people during the period got tested, as 7,377 people received posi...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 12/18: staying under 10% positivity rate
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health's (IDPH) Region 2, which encompasses Peoria; Tazewell; and Woodford counties, rolling seven-day positivity rate continues to remain below 10%. ...
Dalton Kemper Dec 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Tony Award winning actor helping Peoria Players Theatre
PEORIA, Ill. -- Add this to the list of reasons why 2020 can be considered one long episode of "The Twilight Zone:" Ebenezer Scrooge is being generous this holiday season. As music and theatre enthusi...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pence, wife Karen, get COVID-19 vaccine injections
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated for COVID-19 on Friday in a live-television event aimed at reassuring Americans the vaccine is safe. "The American people can be confident: w...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
1,260 COVID-19 vaccination doses estimated to be administered by end of Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department announced an estimated 1,260 total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will have been administered across UnityPoint and OSF hospitals by the end of ...
Ben Pollard Dec 17, 2020
U.S. FDA advisory panel sets stage for Moderna vaccine authorization
(Reuters) - A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday overwhelmingly endorsed emergency use of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine, virtually assuring a second opt...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 17, 2020 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Ilustration
UnityPoint Health begins COVID-19 vaccinations; aims to give 500 by end of this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- UnityPoint Health in Peoria began administering the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday as hospitals around the country start receiving and giving their first doses to front-line health care wo...
Dalton Kemper Dec 17, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 12/17: 4 Tazewell deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county's hospital bed capacity between Wednesday and Thursday increased significantly. While 237 COVID-19 patients as of Wednesday afternoon were occupying beds, that number sh...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
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