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McKinley Health Center on the University of Illinois campus.

County COVID breakthrough cases undercounted, but university offers more accurate numbers

Post author:Casey Daly / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:January 13, 2022
Post category:CU-Covid19 Education Public Health

Because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) only requires healthcare administrators to report severe infections of COVID-19 among the fully vaccinated, the true number and percentage of vaccine breakthrough cases infections in Champaign County and across the nation is significantly undercounted, public health experts say. Data from the University of Illinois shows that breakthrough cases — severe and mild — are much larger than than the state numbers. Since May, 75.9% of, or more than three out of four, positive tests belonged to fully vaccinated students or staff.

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The logo for the University of Illinois's COVID-19 SHIELD saliva-based testing.

The story behind the race to test for COVID-19 at the University of Illinois

Post author:Raleigh Butler / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:January 12, 2022
Post category:CU-Covid19 Education Public Health

It was late the evening of April 22, 2020 when Martin Burke, a then 44-year-old professor of chemistry, received a phone call from the university provost. The provost, Andreas Cangellaris, requested that Burke develop a COVID-19 testing program for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. Over the next week, Burke gathered eight more team members, forming the founding members of what was known as the SHIELD team. The first SHIELD meeting was held on April 30, 2020, just eight days after the Provost’s call.

Read more about the article Rep. Bill Foster continues contributions to other democratic campaigns

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The most recent official photograph of Rep. Bill Foster.

Rep. Bill Foster continues contributions to other democratic campaigns

Post author:Taylor Castro / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 10, 2021
Post category:Government

Democratic U.S. Representative Bill Foster’s top expenditure this election cycle has been distributing his campaign money to help other democratic candidates win their elections.

Read more about the article Rep. Marie Newman spends campaign funds on progressive companies

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U.S. Representative Marie Newman's most recent official photograph.

Rep. Marie Newman spends campaign funds on progressive companies

Post author:Olivia Abbott / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:November 19, 2021
Post category:Government

In the 2019-2020 election cycle, U.S Representative of Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District, Marie Newman spent $1,040,720 in media advertisement and distributions alone to Buying Time LLC — over one-third of her total expenditures. This advertising agency in Washington D.C is one of the most well-known political advertisement hubs in the nation. She devoted this large amount of money to Buying Time LLC when she was running against Republican opponent Mike Fricilone.

Read more about the article Nearly 8,000 students may be coming from Illinois zip codes with higher COVID infection rates than Champaign County

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McKinley Health Center on the University of Illinois campus.

Nearly 8,000 students may be coming from Illinois zip codes with higher COVID infection rates than Champaign County

Post author:Marissa Plescia / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:August 20, 2021
Post category:CU-Covid19 Education Public Health

Almost 8,000 students may be returning to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus from Illinois ZIP codes with higher COVID-19 positivity rates than Champaign…

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Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood spends over $5 million on reelection campaign

Post author:Jenny Tan / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:November 2, 2020
Post category:Government

Incumbent Lauren Underwood has spent over $5 million so far on her reelection campaign for Illinois’s 14th Congressional District. During Underwood’s first election, her expenditures totaled $4.89 million; that number has been exceeded, with Underwood spending $5.3 million for the 2019-2020 cycle so far.

Read more about the article Rep. Bill Foster’s spending focusing on staff payroll, donations in 2020 election

Bill Foster's official website

The most recent official photograph of Rep. Bill Foster.

Rep. Bill Foster’s spending focusing on staff payroll, donations in 2020 election

Post author:Miles Powers-Huang / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:October 29, 2020
Post category:Government

Seeking re-election for a fourth consecutive cycle, Democratic incumbent congressional representative Bill Foster appears to be comfortably spending campaign money outside his own campaign, as he lacks an opponent capable of credibly threatening his seat. Running in the 11th Congressional District of Illinois for the House of Representatives, Foster’s campaign has spent $1,451,981 so far for his 2020 cycle according to the Federal Election Commission.

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Adam Kinzinger

Rep. Adam Kinzinger fundraising expenditures rise up while media expenses decrease in 2020

Post author:Luis Velazquez / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:October 29, 2020
Post category:Government

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger showed an immense change in campaign fund spending for the current 2019-2020 Illinois' 16th Congressional District election campaign, which includes a decrease of media and advertising and an increase in fundraising spending. During his previous campaign, Kinzinger’s campaign budget consisted of spending $788,336 toward media-related purchases. However, he has spent only $60,169 in media purchases and $28,459 in advertising purchases so far for his current campaign, which is a total of $88,628.

Read more about the article Rep. Mike Quigley cuts expenditures by nearly half in 2020 campaign

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Mike Quigley's most recent official photograph.

Rep. Mike Quigley cuts expenditures by nearly half in 2020 campaign

Post author:J.J. Kim / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:October 26, 2020
Post category:Government

Democratic Congressman Mike Quigley has spent more than $631,000 so far as he runs for his seventh term as Illinois’ 5th Congressional District’s representative in 2020, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) data. The expenditures in the 2019-2020 election cycle are a decrease from the amount he spent in the previous cycle, during which he spent over $1.2 million, according to the FEC.

While abortion clinics diminish, crisis pregnancy centers flourish

Post author:Ramiro Ferrando / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:February 8, 2019
Post category:Health Care

While the state of Illinois is often called an abortion “oasis” in the Midwest because of easier access to abortions than neighboring states, there are 86 crisis pregnancy centers – known as CPCs - compared with 25 abortion clinics in Illinois. Champaign has two of those centers.