Health and Medicine

Peoria Public Schools has a low student COVID-19 positivity rate after the first week of students being back in classes.

While Tri-County health officials on Monday reported an increase of 404 total COVID-19 infections over the weekend, active cases declined by 285, to 2,574.

Central Illinois is officially moving out of additional mitigations as the region's COVID-19 statistics continue to improve.

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are now receiving their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Tri-County health officials on Friday announced three new deaths linked to COVID-19 and 185 additional coronavirus infections in the past day.

A Peoria County man in his 50s and a woman in her 90s from Sharon Healthcare Elms are the Tri-County area’s latest COVID-19 victims.

With nine new fatalities announced Wednesday, the Tri-County area has moved to the brink of reaching 500 deaths linked to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

Tri-County health officials Tuesday reported 13 more Peoria County deaths linked to COVID-19 over the three-day weekend, along with the passing of a Tazewell County man in his 70s.

A campaign will soon roll out that urges Peoria-area residents to get vaccinated—even before the coronavirus vaccine is widely available.

Central Illinois can officially permit limited indoor dining and bar service again, as the region moves back to Tier 1 mitigations.

Tri-County health officials on Friday reported eight new COVID-19-related deaths, including six victims from Tazewell County.

With Gov. JB Pritzker officially allowing Region 2 to move back to lighter COVID-19 restrictions, some businesses are now able to reopen their doors to customers--again.

Knox County will begin vaccinating frontline essential workers and people aged 65 and older next week.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the Peoria area dipped below 100 in the latest figures released Thursday by Tri-County health department officials.

The death of a Peoria County woman in her 80s with underlying health issues is the only new fatality attributed to COVID-19 in the Tri-County area.

The Tri-County area is considering temporarily pausing or slowing down its requests for more COVID-19 vaccines because most of the region's top-priority clients have received a shot, or even gotten their second dose.

The Fulton County Health Department is busy distributing its first 200 doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine after a shipment arrived earlier this week.

Chillicothe may consider rolling back its enforcement of Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants and bars next month.

The former Heddington Oaks nursing home will serve as a distribution site for COVID-19 vaccines.

A Peoria baby will see her first Christmas after her life was saved by an innovative new medical treatment.

The Peoria area dodged a post-Thanksgiving surge in COVID-19 cases, mainly thanks to people following guidance to avoid large holiday gatherings with extended family.

The Peoria area's two major hospital networks have exhausted the area's first COVID-19 vaccine shipment, beginning the inoculation process for 1,801 frontline health care workers.

Sixty Tri-County residents have succumbed to COVID-19 complications in the past two weeks following the addition of six more deaths announced on Friday.

The first COVID-19 vaccines could begin arriving at long-term care facilities in the Peoria area later this month.

The first Central Illinois UnityPoint health workers have received their COVID-19 vaccinations.