While Governor Pritzker and his administration are saying "Hey! Get yourself vaccinated against COVID-19 and you could win a pile of money in a vax lottery," The University of Illinois is saying "You want to be a student here? Get vaccinated."
U of I Chancellor Robert Jones says that all faculty, staff, and students will be required to undergo on-campus testing for COVID-19 in order to return to the university.
You've probably noticed over the last few years that Illinois rarely makes a good showing in lists of "The Best _______ in America," but we do rank highly in many of the lists that a state would prefer not to. However, when it comes to colleges and universities, Forbes magazine says we're doing really well here in the Land of Lincoln.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Public Health says the state has 73 known mumps cases right now and more than two-thirds are in Champaign County.
State and local health officials say the number of cases in the Champaign area is at 50 and could climb...