COVID-19

There has been an increase in hospital admissions and emergency room visits.

The campaign, launched by the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians and the Illinois Department of Public Health, comes amid low vaccination rates.

The current guidance advises five days of isolation. Unnamed health officials have indicated that this guidance may soon go away, a move that troubles public health experts.

Viruses - including COVID-19, flu and RSV - are circulating widely.

Memorial Health hospitals are limiting visitors. HSHS is recommending limits.

Hospitalizations are up statewide as the holiday season arrives.

That program provided money to small businesses directly affected by COVID-19, but billions may have been fraudulently awarded.

While hospital admissions remain low, there is concern COVID-19 is circulating.

The variant EG.5 is causing about 17% of new cases in the country, compared with 16% for the next most common lineage, XBB.1.16, according to the CDC.

The senator said he quarantining at home and working remotely.