HSHS St. John's

Dr. Prashant Jagtap, St. John’s Hospital medical director of critical care, was among the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine Wednesday.

Illinois

Hundreds of Central Illinois Hospital Workers Receive Coronavirus Vaccine

Hannah Meisel

Hundreds of nurses, doctors and other medical staff at central Illinois hospitals received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine…

The first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine arrived in Illinois at the state's Strategic National Stockpile on Monday, Dec. 14.

Health+Harvest

Central Illinois Hospitals Gearing Up For The Arrival Of The Coronavirus Vaccine

Hannah Meisel

When Gov. JB Pritzker observes COVID-19 vaccines administered at a Peoria hospital on Tuesday morning, he’ll be witnessing among the first COVID-19…

Jim Timpe, CEO of HSHS St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield, says hospital leaders are worried ICUs could be overwhelmed with COVID-19 and flu patients this fall.

Springfield

Central Illinois Hospitals ‘Genuinely Concerned’ About Increase In COVID-19 Cases

Mary Hansen

A surge in COVID-19 cases in central Illinois is causing concern for some local hospital leaders.For now, there are enough hospital beds to accommodate…

Health+Harvest

HSHS Laying Off Workers Due To Pandemic

Sean Crawford

The Hospital Sisters Health System has announced it is cutting about ten percent of its workforce in Illinois and Wisconsin. The system operates St.…

Medical and health officials answer questions about the first two confirmed COVID-19 cases in Springfield

Health+Harvest

How Central Illinois Hospitals And Clinics Are Handling COVID-19 Cases Among Their Staff

Mary Hansen

Since March, dozens of employees at central Illinois hospitals and clinics have contracted COVID-19. But leaders of the region’s healthcare institutions…