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Advocate Condell doctors weren’t willing to give her ivermectin, either, according to the complaint, so Wilson filed suit in DuPage County, home of the hospital’s parent company. On Friday, Hayes granted a temporary injunction allowing an outside physician, Dr. Alan Bain, to give her the drug.
After that, the FDA will review the material and make a decision about authorization. Based on the timelines for authorization for other age groups, experts say, it could take about a month for the FDA to make a decision, meaning kids could be authorized by the end of October or early November.
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona speaks at Walter R. Sundling Junior High School in Palatine, Sept. 21, 2021. Cardona is on a tour of U.S. schools, celebrating the full return of in-person classrooms this fall. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
About 2:40 p.m., the boy was in front of a business in the 8300 block of South Holland Road when a vehicle approached and someone inside fired shots, police said. The boy was shot in the chest and was initially taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
A life ring is installed by the Chicago Park District at the end of the pier with the lighthouse at Loyola Beach near Tobey Prinz Beach n the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago on Sept. 13, 2021. 19-year-old Miguel Cisneros Jr. drowned Aug. 22 after jumping off the pier before lifeguards were on duty. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
Five people, including Hicks, were originally charged in connection with the shootings that killed Gadau, 17, and injuried his female friend Jeanette Spitz. Prosecutors said the shooting was part of a drug robbery gone wrong. The group planned to steal $500 worth of cannabis from Gadau’s friend Jeanette Spitz, who was shot in the face and seriously wounded during the robbery in Skokie in September 2014, prosecutors said.
At some point before Tuesday’s hearing, Cole also admitted to another, unrelated murder that happened July 18, two days after Alexander Davis, 29, was fatally shot, officials said. During that taped conversation, Cole said he had been one of the gunmen in the July 16 homicide. Cole was identified in both cases because a Lexus used in both shootings was registered under his name, according to prosecutors.
Kelvin Jordan, right, at home with his wife Jacqueline Johnson-Jordan on Sept. 10, 2021, in North Chicago. The Jordans run a food pantry and Kelvin contracted coronavirus and was hospitalized for nine months. He returned home at the end of August. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
Friends who were riding behind Schurman told investigators there was a lot of dust in the air making it difficult to see the road in front of them. Schurman failed to negotiate a leftward curve in the road and drove off the road to the south, according to the news release. Friends on the scene attempted to save Schurman until first responders arrived, according to the news release.
“Most districts in the country have their own police forces where they can train them in a certain way on how to work with our children. We sort of have a little bit of a hybrid here, and so that’s something that I just want to explore with our police chief, with the mayor, and really try to see what’s the best solution for our schools. But like I said, my commitment is, I need to make sure we’re meeting the needs of parents, and parents want schools to be safe.”