After a longer than average winter break, students are finally returning back to campus to finish one of the UI’s most unusual years. However, because of COVID-19, students will not be getting a spring...
When students went away for break, Champaign County was in the throes of a nationwide surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Though far fewer people are testing positive for the virus than a month or two...
The University’s rapid saliva-based COVID-19 test has been altered to give students the option of using a straw or a funnel to assist them in filling a narrower test tube with saliva.
Dr. Martin Burke,...
After a week of preliminary COVID-19 testing, University of Illinois students have been asked to limit themselves to essential activities until at least early February.
For students who disobey the soft...
On Wednesday, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. His election partner, Kamala Harris, was sworn in as the 49th vice president.
Here are the highlight moments of the ceremony:
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COVID-19 vaccines have become available to the 1B group, the second pool of eligible individuals who have been authorized to receive the shot by the federal government.
Phase 1B consists of individuals...
The initial screening week for returning University of Illinois students, staff and faculty has concluded, and the results are in: 179 new cases of COVID-19 identified from Jan. 16-22 after nearly 58,000...
The process of distributing vaccines to the eligible population is well underway in Champaign-Urbana despite transparency issues from the federal government.
Brandon Meline is logistics chief at the...
After a drop in several key coronavirus metrics, Region 6 of Illinois, including Champaign County has moved back into Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois plan, just after a drop in test positivity allowed...
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Burglary was reported on the 2200 block of Philo Road around 1:18 a.m. on Wednesday. According to the report, an unknown offender...
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Theft $500 and under was reported at Hopkins Hall, 1208 S. First St., between Nov. 12 and Jan. 14. According to the report, two bicycles, which were locked to...
Over the last few months, vaccines have completed phase three of trials, and over 30.6 million doses have been distributed across the U.S.. However, just a few weeks ago, it was reported that new variants...