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Thomas Robinson listens to Jorri McDowell and Myisha Franklin after receiving a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at his West Pullman home through the Chicago Department of Public Health’s at home vaccine program on Aug. 13. (Vashon Jordan Jr. / Chicago Tribune)
Bilal Nichols (toe), Cole Kmet (hamstring), Patrick Scales (ankle), Javon Wims (oblique), Joel Iyiegbuniwe (illness), Jesper Horsted (knee), Jordan Lucas (quadriceps), Scooter Harrington (knee), Sam Kamara (ankle), Mike Pennel (groin), J.P. Holtz (quadriceps) and James Vaughters (calf) did not practice.
While the FDA approval means it is legally permissible for physicians to administer the vaccine “off-label” for children aged 11 and younger, who currently have no available vaccine, the American Academy of Pediatrics strongly discourages that practice, AAP officials said in a Monday statement.
FILE – St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Lou Brock is surrounded by teammates as he holds second base after breaking Ty Cobb’s all-time record of 892 stolen bases during a game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego, Calif., in this Monday night, Aug. 29, 1977, file photo. At left is team manager Vern Rapp. The list is disquieting in its length – those from the ranks of 1970s baseball rosters who have died in the past year alone. (AP Photo/File) (AP)
CPS administrators and representatives have emphasized that the district is prepared to welcome all students back with plans that are rooted in guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Illinois Department of Public Health and Chicago Department of Public Health. Protocols include an indoor masking policy, regardless of vaccination status, and a vaccine mandate for Chicago Board of Education employees, with limited exemptions. Negotiations between the union and CPS continue this week.
When the pandemic permanently closed American restaurant Merchant in Logan Square, former executive chef Sebastian Vargo, 31, and his fiancee, Taylor Hanna, 33, finally had a chance to sit back and reconsider what they wanted to do with their time. The two first met when they worked at Dixie, a Southern restaurant in Wicker Park, under chef Tony Quartaro. Vargo had always been interested in the flavor and health benefits that fermentation offers, but it was at Dixie that his passion for it started to take off.
Authorities say the woman was six to seven months pregnant. She is described as five-feet-four and weighing between 150 and 170 pounds. She had brown eyes and black hair that might have been tied into a bun. Her fingernails and toes were manicured and painted white, and she was wearing a pink summer dress, officials say.
Glenview police responded at 3:10 a.m. Saturday to a crash scene involving a vehicle and bicycle near Sanders Road and South Parkway Drive, according to a news release. Trinidad Salgado, of Wheeling, was transported to Lutheran General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The driver of a Dodge Journey was traveling north in the 13000 block of South Torrence Avenue on the Far South Side, not far from the 113-acre Ford Chicago Assembly Plant, when he ran a red light and his SUV was struck by a semitrailer truck about 3:10 a.m., according to Chicago police.
A parking lot north of the Metra station near Fifth Avenue sat empty on Dec. 10, 2020, because so many workers were not commuting to work in Chicago due to the pandemic. Because commuter habits have changed, Naperville is weighing the phasing out quarterly permit parking to maximize the use of commuter lots near the city’s two Metra stations. (Rafael Guerrero / Naperville Sun)