Category Archives: COVID-19
Millikin University announces plan for return to in-person learning
March 22, 2021 - Millikin University announced plans to return to an in-person academic experience for the fall 2021 semester allowing students, faculty, and staff to take full advantage of the univer...
Mar 22, 2021
Pritzker announces 70% of 65 and older residents need vaccinated before return to "new normal"
March 18, 2021 - Before Illinois residents can return to what Governor J.B. Pritzker calls a "new normal," he says 7-in-10 residents 65 and older must get a COVID-19 vaccination. Pritzker appeared in ...
Mar 18, 2021
Pritzker Administration announces 41,000 small businesses served by development centers in 2020
March 18, 2021 - The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced that 2020 was a record year for business support provided through the Illinois Small Business Development...
Mar 18, 2021
IDPH boosting mobile testing to help meet high demands
March 17, 2021 - In an effort to make one of the largest COVID-19 testing infrastructures in the country more easily accessible for residents, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is fine t...
Mar 17, 2021
Takeout seen as way to make evenings & weekends ‘more exciting’
Millions of people use takeout as a way to make their evenings and weekends ‘more exciting’ during the pandemic. While we’ve stayed home due to pandemic restrictions and most restaur...
Mar 17, 2021
One year into pandemic & we’re still ‘Panic Buying’ essential goods
One year in the pandemic and nothing has changed in terms of Americans panic buying essential goods. A new study found that the pandemic has also changed our shopping habits moving forward. 60% say 20...
Mar 17, 2021
New app helps fake your way out of Zoom meetings
Video meetings and conferences have become a way of life over the last year. You’d think in that time we’d figure out a way to make them go quicker… or for your coworkers to understa...
Mar 17, 2021
Macon County Health Department to host vaccination clinic at Decatur Conference Center and Hotel
March 16, 2021 - The Macon County Health Department is holding a COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic on Thursday, March 18th, 2021 at the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel, located at 4191 W. US Highway 36 ...
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Illinois health officials continue to push for more doses of vaccine
March 16, 2021 - Health officials from around Illinois continue to relay the same message: more doses of COVID-19 vaccines are needed. Medical spokespersons involved in the vaccination program testifi...
Mar 16, 2021
After pandemic, most will continue to wear a mask in some manner
Face mask have become the norm since the pandemic began over a year ago. With vaccines rolling out, will that trend continue once the world gets the pandemic under control? A new survey reveals that a...
Mar 16, 2021