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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)
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.
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.
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.
Barrington 220 Superintendent Robert Hunt, his second grade daughter Emmie Hunt, 7, center, and their neighbor, Hadley Crowley, 8, put on masks as they walk to school on the first day of school at Grove Avenue Elementary School, Aug. 20, 2021, in Barrington. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
The area was once the business hub for the West Side, according to TJ Crawford, a West Garfield Park resident, clinical social worker and director of the Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative. Walgreens, Goldblatt’s and Madigan’s, as well as plenty of fast-food restaurants, used to line the streets, Ervin said.
Veney, in collaboration with GoodKidsMadCity, the Chicago Teachers Union, and other groups, organized Sunday’s peace walk and aid giveaway to shift what he characterized as a negative image of Englewood, which has gotten worse over the past couple of weeks after the shooting of Chicago police Officer Ella French, who was killed while conducting a traffic stop in West Englewood on Aug. 7.
“The delta variant of COVID-19 has demonstrated its stronger transmission among unvaccinated young people, and we are deeply concerned that Chicago Public Schools’ current plan for students and staff to return to school buildings rolls back many important safety mitigation standards that can undermine the district’s objective of increasing equity for students especially in light of an ever-changing pandemic that is increasingly harming younger age groups,” Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th, and Democratic state Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas wrote in a letter Sunday to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Board of Education President Miguel del Valle and interim CPS CEO José Torres.