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FDA advisers back Moderna COVID-19 booster shots for older and high-risk people
(Reuters) - A panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted on Thursday to recommend booster shots of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and old...
Oct 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Schildt out as St. Louis Cardinals Manager
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Three playoff appearances in three years likely weren't good enough for the Saint Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals Thursday said they have parted ways with manager Mike Schildt. Cardin...
Oct 14, 2021 St. Louis Cardinals
Illinois AG Raoul joins effort to reveal disinformation allowed by Facebook
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says he believes Facebook allowed several elite accounts to continue spreading disinformation about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. Raoul an...
Oct 14, 2021 WMBD/State of Illinois
U.S. vaccine mandates are working, Biden says, but 66 million still don't have shot
UPDATED 1:11 P.M WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden touted the success of mandates in spurring vaccination against COVID-19 in the United States on Thursday but said more needed to be done to g...
Oct 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One to depart O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Providing help and support in the aftermath of Peoria's gun violence
PEORIA, Ill. - There are plenty of businesses and community organizations that have provided support to families affected by Peoria's increase in violence, even though it may be getting more and more ...
Oct 14, 2021 (25 News)
Rivermen season opener postponed due to opposing team's ice problems
DANVILLE, Ill. - Professional hockey started its regular season this week -- unless, unfortunately, you're the Peoria Rivermen. The Rivermen were to start the season this weekend against the newest me...
Oct 14, 2021
UnityPoint Health/TCHD offering free mammograms Friday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Just because you don't have medical insurance, it doesn't mean you can't get a mammogram. Dr. Christine Wigginton, a Diagnostic Radiologist with UnityPoint Health, says the health syst...
Oct 14, 2021 Army Medicine / CC
U.S. FDA advisers weigh case for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots
(Reuters) - Booster doses of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine improved severe disease protection in people aged 40 and older, Israel's Health Ministry told an outside panel of the U.S. Foo...
Oct 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Central Illinois man dead after head-on crash with 18-wheeler
Peoria, IL (WMBD) -- A Central Illinois man is dead in the wake of a crash involving his pickup truck, a John Deere tractor and a big rig. Illinois State Police say it happened Tuesday evening around ...
Oct 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria fire leaves one dead
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just after 6 a.m. Thursday to the scene of a fire at 903 W. Thrush. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said once the fire was extinguished, crews made ...
Oct 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
