Chicago Public Schools will begin offering the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine next Wednesday at four regional school-based hubs and via its mobile van. The district says families can receive a $100 gift card if a student receives an initial vaccination at a Chicago Public Schools event. The four Chicago Public Schools hubs that will offer free […]
Chicago Public Schools will miss a Wednesday deadline for fully rolling out a COVID-19 testing program for students and staff, and a district official said only 3% of students had signed up so far. The nation’s third largest school district says it will now aim to offer testing at every district campus by the end […]
As President Joe Biden called on schools Thursday to roll out regular COVID-19 testing programs for students and staff, Illinois released new numbers that showed 45% of the state’s schools have signed up for a free coronavirus testing program. The test is developed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and called SHIELD Illinois. As […]
