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McKinley Health Center on the University of Illinois campus.

Respiratory illnesses spiked early at McKinley, University of Illinois campus this fall

Post author:Fiza Dahra / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 17, 2024
Post category:CU-Covid19 Education Public Health

This fall, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign experienced an earlier-than-usual rise in respiratory illness cases, according to Awais Vaid, medical director at McKinley…

Read more about the article Illini Union recovering from losing most of its restaurants

Noah Nelson

Vacant, gated spots where restaurants used to be in the Illini Union basement.

Illini Union recovering from losing most of its restaurants

Post author:Noah Nelson / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:January 3, 2024
Post category:Business CU-Covid19

The Illini Union in Urbana has been host to a wide variety of restaurants — many of which made a swift exit during the…

Read more about the article COVID-19 still in Champaign County and tracked, but many cases go unreported

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McKinley Health Center on the University of Illinois campus.

COVID-19 still in Champaign County and tracked, but many cases go unreported

Post author:Will Charlton / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 15, 2023
Post category:CU-Covid19 Health Care Public Health

As of Dec. 4, a total of 89,129 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Champaign County since the spring of 2020, according…

Read more about the article Concerns of stalking at University of Illinois increase as it appears many incidents go unreported

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A session at the Women's Resources Center Career Institute in 2019.

Concerns of stalking at University of Illinois increase as it appears many incidents go unreported

Post author:Yunah Elsner / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:June 23, 2023
Post category:CU-Covid19 Education Government

Concerned about the number of stalking cases on campus, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign held a Stalking Prevention and Response Summit this past…

Read more about the article COVID’s toll in Champaign County as emergency ends: 325 deaths, 86,946 cases, unknown number of long haulers

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A tent and signs indicate a Covid-19 testing site at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Alice Campbell Alumni Center on Friday, July 31, 2020. The University is conducting free saliva tests for faculty, staff and students with results typically known within 48 hours.

COVID’s toll in Champaign County as emergency ends: 325 deaths, 86,946 cases, unknown number of long haulers

Post author:Carmen Martinez / For CU-CitizenAccess and Yuzhu Liu / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:May 12, 2023
Post category:CU-Covid19 Public Health

As the COVID-19 pandemic emergency measures ended this month, Champaign County had reported 325 COVID-related deaths from 86,946 cases over the past three years.…

State data gives early warning of layoffs from larger companies, but lost jobs from small businesses go uncounted

Post author:Carmen Martinez / For CU-CitizenAccess and Yuzhu Liu / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:April 12, 2023
Post category:Business CU-Covid19 Jobs

A few months ago, Everyday Kitchen on Neil Street in Champaign suddenly announced its closing after over four years in business. But if one…

Screenshot of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District's COVID-19 dashboard taken on August 1, 2022.

Lack of funding forces end of public health district housing, food assistance for COVID-positive residents

Post author:Pam G. Dempsey
Post published:August 4, 2022
Post category:CU-Covid19 Public Health

Come mid-August, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District will no longer offer food and housing assistance to those who have tested positive for the COVID-19…

Read more about the article As national labor shortage drags on, local businesses and workers suffer consequences of the “Great Resignation”

Taylor Ramirez

19-year-old Kaitlyn Lassy is wrapping silverware during her night shift as a waitress on Friday, February 11, 2022 at 4 AM at Merry Ann's, a 24-hour diner in Champaign, Ill. to help prepare her coworkers for their 6 AM shift.

As national labor shortage drags on, local businesses and workers suffer consequences of the “Great Resignation”

Post author:Farrah Anderson / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:May 4, 2022
Post category:Business CU-Covid19 Jobs

Running a business is never easy, but it’s gotten a lot harder during what’s been dubbed the “Great Resignation” – the nationwide pandemic-induced labor shortage. Locally, many business owners aren’t sure that they’ll ever be able to bounce back.

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).