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Healthcare institutions in the region have begun receiving the first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Southern Seven Health Department has received a shipment of 160 doses of the vaccine, which was transported to a local healthcare provider.
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The Wreaths Across America mission to Remember, Honor, Teach, is the foundation behind all the organizations efforts.
Throughout the year, local volunteers have been tirelessly working to make certain that families, loved ones and heroes get honored and remembered for the holidays.
However, the...
Southern Seven Health Department on Dec. 7 announced that it will be adopting the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s, CDC, new options for reducing the length of COVID-19 related quarantines.
The CDC has been recommending a quarantine period of 14 days; however, new options allow local...
Southern Seven Health Department is encouraging essential workers to get a flu shot.
“COVID-19 has helped remind all of us just how essential our essential workers are,” Southern Seven community outreach coordinator/public information officer Shawnna Rhine said in a news release.
“Whether you’re a...
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced Friday, Dec. 4, that driver services facilities statewide will remain closed for in-person transactions until Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
A driver services facility is located in Anna.
White reminds the public...
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill.has been elected by his House Republican colleagues to serve as the lead Republican on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
The committee works to set the party’s agenda on veterans issues and leading oversight efforts of the administration.
Should Republicans gain the...
By Jerry NowickiCapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com
SPRINGFIELD – Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have fallen from their second-wave highs, but the death toll from the disease continues to mount.
While Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday he was encouraged by the trend in the 18 days since...
By Jerry NowickiCapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com
SPRINGFIELD – As the COVID-19 death toll continues to mount, Gov. JB Pritzker and an official from the American Red Cross urged Illinoisans to donate blood to support the state’s health care infrastructure.
That’s one of the...
Southern Seven Health Department reports that according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, CDC, those who are living with certain chronic medical conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes or asthma, are at higher risk of developing serious complications from flu, like pneumonia...
The State of Illinois recently joined ADM and InnovaFeed in announcing major new plans to bring the world’s largest insect protein production to Decatur.
The facility will be owned and operated by the French insect producer InnovaFeed and will co-locate with ADM’s Decatur corn processing complex,...
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