COVID-19

St. Clair County Health Department officials said the county’s number of coronavirus cases has been falling significantly in recent weeks.

As hospitalizations continue to drop, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker intends Wednesday to announce a lifting of a universal indoor masking order for most public places except for schools, a source familiar with the plan confirmed Tuesday.

Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis said the state’s actions on COVID and funding for public health are hurting efforts to curb COVID, especially among communities of color.

Parents, community members and parental choice advocates called on the Collinsville CUSD 10 school board to drop its mask requirements on Monday.

The Unit 5 and District 87 school districts plan to keep mask rules in place following Friday's order. But several smaller districts around McLean County are making masks optional, effective immediately.

A medical group of 40 will be at the hospital in north St. Louis County for a month.

The Center for COVID Control is just one of the many COVID-testing sites around the country that have faced scrutiny over its legitimacy.

In a recent survey published by the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents, 96% of responding school districts said "they have a substitute teacher shortage problem" and 90% said that shortage "continues to get worse."

More than 50,000 people in Jefferson County have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, the county’s health department announced this week. The county has the highest rate of new cases in the St. Louis metropolitan region.

Using gear purchased from Walmart, staff saved a woman’s life when they couldn’t find an ICU bed at larger hospital.