Reprinted from April 29, 2021 The GreenMedInfo Daily Newsletter reports: “Imagine being denied access to the community where you live or not being able to frequent the businesses there because you don’t have proper documentation showing that you’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine. This is precisely what’s happening in various parts...
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) announced additional COVID vaccination appointments this month at the Kane Vax Hub in Batavia. The Kane Vax Hub at 501 N. Randall Street in Batavia will be open from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 11. All vaccines will be available for all groups,...
By Mary GoetschAurora, Ill. This commentary is addressed to pharmacist Larry Frieders who writes a health column each month in The Voice. Your columns make more sense to me than most medical doctors, including the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Presentation), FDA (Food and Drug Administration, and even WHO...
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) announces additional COVID vaccination appointments at the Kane Vax Hub in Batavia through March. The Kane Vax Hub at 501 N. Randall Street in Batavia will be open from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, March 12 and 26. Eligible individuals are encouraged to make...
By Peter Hancock Governor JB Pritzker Monday vetoed a bill that would have provided paid administrative leave for public school and university employees who miss work due to COVID-19-related issues and instead negotiated “compromise” legislation that would provide such leave to only those who are fully vaccinated. “Vaccines are a...
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) announces Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination appointments for youths ages 12 to 15 at the Kane Vax Hub in Batavia. January 3, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and expanded it to include a single booster...
By Grace Kinnicutt As omicron surges across the State, governor JB Pritzker warned Monday that hospitalizations are about as high as they were last Winter before vaccines were widely available. About 85% of those hospitalized with COVID-19 across the State are unvaccinated. “It is frustrating and tragic that two years...
The first Vaccine and Flu Shot Clinic of the new year will be held by State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, and alderman Patty Smith from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5 at the Eola Road Branch of the Aurora Public Library, located at 555 S. Eola Road, meeting...
Kane County Health Department (KCHD), in cooperation with the Kane County Board, announces additional COVID vaccination appointments at the Kane Vax Hub in Batavia through January, 2022. The Kane Vax Hub, 501 N. Randall Street in Batavia, is open Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9...
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) urges residents to bring their vaccination status up to date and take preventive measures to blunt the spread of COVID and its variants. Health officials identified Omicron as a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. The Omicron variant has been detected in...
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) announces that the Kane Vax Hub in Batavia will be closing in early January. The last mass vaccination clinic will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m Wednesday, Dec. 15. A pediatric Pfizer second dose only clinic is scheduled for on Wednesday, Dec. 29...
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) encourages eligible individuals to make appointments for their COVID-19 booster shots at the Kane Vax Hub in Batavia at KaneVax.org. Seniors who require assistance with appointments are encouraged to call the Kane Vax line at 855-452-6382. COVID-19 vaccinations are not available for children ages...
The Chas is not a Republican (nor a Democrat, for that matter). He is not a worshiper of Donald J. Trump. He is not a fan of Fox News or any right-wing radio talk show. He is not a reader of conservative blogs. He is not a member of the...
By Jerry Nowicki Governor JB Pritzker, Tuesday this week, urged eligible Illinoisans to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot and called on skilled nursing facilities to make booster shots available to patients and staff members by Thanksgiving Day. Currently anyone who received the Pfizer vaccine and is over 65 years...
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) reports that more than 600,000 COVID vaccine shots have been administered in Kane County. According to information from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), as of September 29, 600,750 shots have been provided to Kane County residents. 297,081, or 55.61% of Kane’s total...
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) can provide Pfizer COVID vaccine booster shots at the Kane Vax Hub in Batavia. Friday, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle Walensky recommended boosters for a broader group of people: • Those 65 years and older or residents in long-term...
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD), in partnership with Illinois Department of Public Health, will provide COVID vaccines at upcoming community COVID vaccination clinics: • Friday, Sept. 17, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Elgin Community College’s Fiesta en la Yarda, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin at the Green Space. •...
By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove, Ill. Notably: “97.5% of scientists agree with whoever is funding them,’’ wrote Susan Capitano-Hooker. And so it goes in the marriage between science and government these days. Politicians on the left don’t miss opportunities, blaming human generated CO2 for every weather related catastrophe. We’re supposed...
You’ve all most likely heard the latest virus news that hospital ERs are being overrun by antivaxxers, some of whom have taken horse medicine, or something else such as Tender Vittles to fend off COVID-19.. Let’s see, antivaxxers won’t take an FDA-approved vaccination to prevent COVID-19, but they’ll take equine...
It is a busy world we live in these days for a variety of reasons. We can choose to be active and participate in many activities in our communities such as government, entertainment, religious, or other choices. We can choose not to be involved, perhaps function vicariously. We operate in...
