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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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Dec 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 12/17: vent use down, but more patients in ICUs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Ventilator use by COVID-19 patients throughout Illinois as of Wednesday night decreased while intensive care unit bed occupancy increased. The Illinois Department of Public Health...
Dec 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase further
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly increased last week as a relentless surge in new COVID-19 infections hobbled business operatio...
Dec 17, 2020 REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Dunlap School District #323 sees declining revenues for third consecutive year
DUNLAP, Ill. -- The Dunlap School District #323 Board of Education Wednesday night addressed a number of budgetary issues, including the district's current deficit. During a review of the district's 2...
Dec 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
East Peoria Festival of Lights wins Great Christmas Light Fight
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- During last year's Festival of Lights in East Peoria, footage was shot to compete in ABC's "The Great Christmas Light Fight" in 2020. The episode aired on Wednesday at 7 p.m. with...
Dec 16, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Illinois launches initiative to expand digital access
CHICAGO -- Access to internet and a computer has become more important than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing online schooling and people to work from home. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednes...
Dec 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
