CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County sheriff's office announced Monday that 33 more detainees at the Cook County Jail have tested positive for coronavirus, raising the total number of confirmed cases ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The first set of positive coronavirus tests were reported Monday at Cook County Jail. The jail started screening incoming prisoners for COVID-19 in January, and managed to keep the ...

CHICAGO (CBS)—Public officials displayed confidence as several Cook County leaders rolled up their sleeves for COVID-19 and flu shots, to increase vaccination rates to reduce hospitalizations and ...

COOK COUNTY (WGN) — The Cook County Department of Public Health is providing free flu and COVID-19 vaccinations at Saturday clinics in five Cook County locations. The walk-in clinics, held in ...

Cook County will hold four community meetings in coming weeks, including one in Palatine, to get resident input on how officials should spend remaining federal COVID relief money. “Your voice matters, ...

Cook County is pausing use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, county health officials said Tuesday, based on U.S. regulators' recommendation amid an investigation into reports of rare but ...

Hospitals are seeing an increase in patients suffering from respiratory illnesses, including the flu, COVID-19, and the Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, according to city, county, and state ...

CHICAGO — A Chicago jail under court order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus saw the second death of an inmate who had tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.