Tag: COVID-19 vaccine

COVID vaccines and Fishing Derby in Aurora Saturday

The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) will provide COVID vaccines Saturday, July 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Free Youth Fishing Derby at Jericho Lake Park, 39W365 Jericho Road in Aurora. All youths ages 12 to 17 receiving the Pfizer vaccine will...

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Kane County vaccines at farmer’s markets

The Kane County Health Department (KCHD), Kane County Office of Emergency Management, and mobile Illinois National Guard will provide COVID vaccines this week at farmer’s markets in St. Charles and Sugar Grove. • Friday, July 2 from 9 a.m. to Noon at the St. Charles Farmer’s Market, 309 Cedar Avenue,...

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Vaccinated individuals eligible for State cash, scholarships

By Jerry Nowicki Any vaccinated Illinoisan will be automatically entered into a lottery for $10 million in prizes without having to take any extra steps to enter. Governor JB Pritzker announced the “all in for the win” vaccine lottery at an event in Chicago, noting it would award $7 million...

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Facts on COVID-19, vaccines, dispel many myths

Ever since the pandemic began, the Internet has been teeming with theories and opinions about the COVID-19 virus and the vaccines used to fight it. But some of this information is inaccurate and offers potentially dangerous advice. Here are 10 myths and misconceptions about the COVID-19 virus and vaccines. With...

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Kane County vaccines open to 12 and under

Effective Thursday, May 13, all Kane County Health Department COVID-19 vaccination sites offering Pfizer vaccine will be open to ages 12 and up. “Families are encouraged to receive their vaccines together so that all members are protected,” said Kathy Fosser, Interim Executive Director at the Kane County Health Department. The...

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Kane County vax site ready to open in West Dundee

The Kane County Board Office and the Kane County Health Department will open a vaccination site at West Dundee’s Spring Hill Mall. The official name and location of the site is Kane-SpringHillMallVax Carpentersville, 1072 Spring Hill Mall, West Dundee. The vaccination site will open from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m....

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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COVID-19 clinic at Beecher Center in Yorkville

Senior Services Associates and Jewel Osco are offering a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine that will take place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 at the Beecher Center, 908 Game Farm Road in Yorkville. Reservations are required for this clinic by...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Aurora’s Equity-Focused Vaccination Clinic

More than 700 individuals receive COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday morning in Aurora at Cathedral of Grace St. John AME provided by the city government, in a Black Vax Coalition program. Less than three percent of black residents in Aurora previously had received vaccinations. The Aurora Equity-Focused Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic received...

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Hines VA Hospital offers vets vaccine at sites

Hines VA Hospital is scheduling appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine for March 6 and April 3 at its Aurora Community Based Outpatient Clinic. Hines continues to vaccinate according to this stratification plan: • Veterans age 60 and older; • Dialysis patients; • Chemotherapy patients; • Organ transplant veterans; • Homeless...

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