Governor Pritzker at VNA Healthcare in Aurora
Illinois governor JB Pritzker, guest speaker at VNA Healthcare in Aurora Monday, announces, the Pandemic Health Navigator Program.
Health care bill signed as helpful
By Tim Kirsininkas and Raymon Troncoso Governor JB Pritzker declared health care “a right, not a privilege” Tuesday when he signed a massive reform bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the last of four policy pillars introduced as part of an anti-racism agenda last year. The “Illinois Health
National Guard assists Aurora vaccination
The State of Illinois is sending a National Guard unit to help at the Aurora COVID-19 vaccination site. Currently, seven members of the National Guard are stationed at the Aurora location. The additional 18-member Illinois National Guard unit will arrive at the Aurora location April 27. The Aurora vaccination site
State first to offer mothers 12 months of postpartum care
By Raymon Troncoso Illinois will provide Medicaid benefits to eligible mothers for up to 12 months postpartum, a major extension from the previous 60-day limit. Governor JB Pritzker made the announcement Tuesday after a waiver submitted in 2019 by the State to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Illinois pausing use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine per federal recommendations
By Jerry Nowicki On advice of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Illinois will pause distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson. The federal agencies made that recommendation Tuesday morning after reporting rare and severe blood clots in six individuals
Kane County Health Department Cancels Vaccination Clinics Today, Tuesday, in Elgin and Aurora
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) announced that due to recent events, Tuesday’s vaccination clinics at the Elgin location at 1080 E. Chicago Street, and the Aurora location at 970 N. Lake Street, will be rescheduled. Tuesday was the only day KCHD had planned to administer the Johnson and Johnson,
Tuesday Johnson & Johnson vaccination clinic canceled
Following guidance from the CDC to pause on the usage of Johnson & Johnson vaccines, the State of Illinois has canceled the clinic scheduled Tuesday, April 13, at the State-run Mass Vaccination Site at 970 N. Lake Street in Aurora. The 1,000 appointments scheduled for today can be rescheduled for
Cases rise, help here
By Tim Kirsininkas COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to rise Tuesday as State officials announced that additional resources were being deployed in the State’s vaccination efforts. Public health officials announced 2,931 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 out of 51,625 test results Tuesday to bring the statewide seven-day rolling
Kane County healthy ranking rests at seventh best in State
Kane County is among the healthiest counties in Illinois according to the annual County Health Rankings, released recently by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI). Rankings show Kane County is seventh healthiest in Illinois out of 102 counties. The rankings are available at www.countyhealthrankings.org. “The County Health Rankings
The official coronavirus story may not prevail
This essay is the 10-year anniversary of my writing every other week in The Voice. In two news items, we have learned that AstraZeneca Laboratories and Johnson and Johnson Company are experiencing difficulties with the efficacy of their vaccines. The former may have been formulating their product based upon outdated
Kane County Health Department to Open Elgin Vaccination Site April 7
The Kane County Board Office and the Kane County Health Department, in collaboration with Cook County and the City of Elgin, will launch a vaccination site at Elgin’s Eastside Recreational Center, 1080 East Chicago Street, Elgin. It will open Wednesday, April 7, and operate six days per week. Exact days
Salt has its place: On the table, on both good and bad lists
Salt, table salt, sodium chloride, NaCl, has a history that stretches back millennia. It’s mentioned several times in old texts, including the Bible, and it would be rare to find anyone who doesn’t know what it is and what it’s used for. Until recently salt has been on the good
Vaccine doses, with assistance
State representative Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, was a partner with other State and federal legislators along with VNA Aurora and East Aurora High School to provide 750 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to residents Monday, March 29. “I am glad to be among our State and federal legislators who worked together
Perhaps, soon, a new slogan will develop
March 18, 2021Dear editor; Thanks to news media reports, we all were made aware that COVID-19 virus vaccines, in part, are produced from fetal tissues harvested from abortion mills. In addition, that medical science institutions had their own agenda for abortion to be made legal in 1973. Perhaps, soon, a
Latinx communities Aurora vaccine focus
An Aurora coalition of Latinx churches, organizations, and elected officials has been formed to focus on the equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Latinx community of Aurora, particularly in the City’s two largest counties of Kane and DuPage. Only 11.8% of Kane County’s approximate 155,000 vaccines have been
COVID-19 mass vaccinations in Aurora at former Carson Pirie Scott
Volunteer Joe Jacobs of Jake’s Bagels & Deli in Aurora offers assistance Thursday, March 18 at Aurora’s fourth mass vaccine clinic at the former Carson Pirie Scott on Lake Street.
Free COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Aurora
Vaccinations to prevent COVID-19 in the third Mass Vax clinic at the former Carson Pirie Scott store in Aurora, Saturday, offer help to 2,000 Aurora residents with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
COVID-19 vaccines remain voluntary, not mandatory
This article is not intended to provide legal advice, but to offer broad and general information about the law. Aaron Siri is the managing partner at Siri & Glimstad LLP, a complex civil litigation firm with its principal office in New York City. He wrote the following article that Federal
State ‘getting close’ to next phase of reopening: IDPH
By Tim Kirsininkas Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) director, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, said on Monday the State is “getting close” to the next phase of reopening amid increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and decreasing positivity rates. Speaking in a Senate Health Committee meeting, Ezike said the State has been working
Mass Vax Aurora signup at 3 p.m. Monday, March 15
In collaboration with Jewel-Osco and the Kane County Health Department, Mayor Richard C. Irvin and the City of Aurora are hosting a fourth MASS VAX AURORA Community Vaccination Clinic on Thursday, March 18.The first dose of the Pfizer vaccine will be available to AURORA RESIDENTS in qualifying categories. This clinic