Cases of COVID-19 have gone up this summer, but locally our numbers are still low
PEORIA, Ill. - With COVID-19 cases rising slightly nationally, a local health expert says there's no need to panic. Data from the Center for Disease C...
OSHA: A Peoria dentist fired a longtime employee over her COVID-19 concerns
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria dentist is getting fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for firing someone who ended up being a federal ...
37 workers at state-run developmental center targeted in PPP fraud probe
(Capitol News Illinois) - At Ludeman Developmental Center in Park Forest, 37 employees have been fired, resigned or face pending disciplinary action a...
COVID unemployment surge led to $5.2 billion in overpaid benefits in Illinois - including fraud
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois overpaid unemployment benefits to the tune of $5.2 billion during the first 18 months of the COVI...
Peoria-area seeing less COVID hospitalizations, look for new ways to fight virus in future
PEORIA, Ill. - Medical professionals are in a better position to deal with the effects of COVID-19 now and in the future. Dr. Doug Kasper, Infectious ...
Doctor discusses what's been learned in the three years since COVID began
PEORIA, Ill. - Medical experts are reflecting on what was learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, three years after it began, and as the public health eme...
Pritzker reflects on three years of pandemic as disaster declarations are set to end
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker recalls being handed a report from researc...
UPDATE: U.S. CDC chief Rochelle Walensky stepping down in June
UPDATED 4:34 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, a top health official wh...
Medicaid renewals resume for first time since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Medicaid recipients in Illinois should be on the lookout for correspondence from the state regarding their...
New COVID-19 cases down statewide, while elevated spread levels go somewhat up
CHICAGO, Ill. - COVID-19 is, in a sense both up and down in the State of Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health says compared to only two ...