|
|
WINDY CITY TIMES
|
|---|
|
|
|
COVID Chicago's top doctor 'hopeful' vaccine mandate will end by spring
2022-01-21
|
|
This article shared 1143 times since Fri Jan 21, 2022
|
|
Chicago's top physician is "hopeful" that Chicago's vaccination requirement for indoor dining and other public areas will be removed once the city's COVID-19 spread declines significantly, The Chicago Tribune noted.
The city's proof-of-vaccination mandate for those 5 and older has been in place since Jan. 3 at restaurants, gyms, entertainment venues and more amid the surge of the highly contagious omicron variant.
However, on Jan. 20, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said the requirement will be lifted in accordance with a decrease in COVID-19 risk.
Chicago is currently at a "high" level of spread, with an average of 104 daily cases per 100,000 residents and an 11.9% test positivity rate. When the city gets to a "moderate, low risk" level, Arwady said, the vaccination requirement will be lifted. |
|
|
|
This article shared 1143 times since Fri Jan 21, 2022
|
| ARTICLES YOU MIGHT LIKE |
|---|
| 
|  | Milwaukee LGBT Community Center has first Black executive director 2022-05-26
- The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center has broken a barrier by hiring its first Black executive director, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The board of directors named Kevin Turner-Espinoza—who identifies as a Black, Mexican and gay cisgender ...
| 
| | CDPH issues statement about monkeypox 2022-05-26
- The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a statement about the monkeypox virus. "[The department] is working closely with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the ...
| 
| | Howard Brown Health unveils Pride mural at Walsh Park 2022-05-26
- On May 25, Howard Brown Health unveiled a mural celebrating Pride month, in collaboration with local artist David Anthony Geary. The unveiling took place at Walsh Park, 1722 N. Ashland Ave. Wintrust Bank's ongoing community partnership ...
| 
| | Trevor Project: 45% of LGBTQ youth considered suicide in the past year 2022-05-26
- The Trevor Project recently released its 2022 survey on the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth. According to an introduction from Trevor Project CEO & Executive Director Amit Paley, the survey demonstrates that rates of suicidal thoughts ...
|
| | CDC publishes new HIV surveillance reports 2022-05-24
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new HIV surveillance report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2020; and a new HIV supplemental surveillance report: Monitoring Selected National ...
| 
| | THEATER Musical 'Get Out Alive' running July 8-Aug. 7 2022-05-23
- Haven will continue its 2021-22 season with Nikki Lynette's multidisciplinary afrogoth musical Get Out Alive, co-directed by Roger Ellis and Lucky Stiff, which features the writer and her personal journey with mental health. The production will ...
|
| | Planned Parenthood of Illinois launches abortion pill-by-mail service within the state 2022-05-23
-- From a press release - CHICAGO - Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) will offer abortion pills through the mail to qualifying patients with an Illinois address. The FDA permanently removed in-person dispensing requirement for Mifepristone ...
| 
| | Howard Brown Health releases annual report 2022-05-23
- Recently, Howard Brown Health released its annual report, "Building Towards Health Equity." The report begins, "In 2021, Howard Brown Health not only rose to the occasion in our pandemic response, we laid the groundwork for the ...
| 
| | WORLD Nigeria protest, 'Flag in the Map,' Belgium, McDonald's 2022-05-22
- Dressed in rainbow-colored vests, members of the LGBTQ+ community marched in a dangerous demonstration in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to protest a bill introduced by lawmakers in Nigeria's lower house of parliament last month seeking to ban ...
| 
| | COVID Chicago, Cook County currently still at 'medium' level 2022-05-20
- Chicago and suburban Cook County remain at a medium COVID Community Level, even as case rates continue to increase throughout the Midwest and northeastern United States, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced May 20. ...
| 
| | Monkeypox in U.S., other countries; cases include gay, bi men 2022-05-20
- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating a confirmed case of monkeypox in the United States, according to a press release from the CDC Health Alert ...
| 
| | Five Worth Finding: Chocolate festival, lesbian sci-fi film, 'Smahtguy' 2022-05-16
- —The Long Grove Chocolate Festival: The beloved Chocolate Festival will return to the historic streets and parkways of downtown Long Grove for the first time in three years, May 20-22. Chocolate lovers can experience so much—including ...
| 
| | WORLD Eswatini ruling, Toronto deaths, Greece, blood donations 2022-05-15
- The High Court in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) rejected an appeal for legal recognition by the local LGBTQ+-rights group Eswatini Sexual & Gender Minorities, citing "laws … prevailing in the kingdom" ...
| 
| | Judge blocks part of Alabama law criminalizing care for trans youth 2022-05-14
- On May 13, U.S. District Judge Liles Burke blocked part of an Alabama law that made it a felony to prescribe gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors, USA Today reported. ...
| 
| | PASSAGES Dr. David Ostrow dies at 74 2022-05-14
- Longtime researcher Dr. David Gene Ostrow, of Chicago, died unexpectedly on Feb. 16 at home. He was 74. The cause of death was end-stage renal disease, according to the Tribute Archive website. Ostrow was born on ...
| | |
|
|
|
|
