As our communities continue efforts to get more people the COVID-19 vaccine, vaccination have recently begun for other species. Zoo animals are now being inoculated using a specialized vaccine at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. 

More than 60 percent of Illinoisans, ages 12 and up, are now fully vaccinated for COVID-19, but in some parts of the state, like Southern Illinois, that number is much lower, as hospitals in the region have reached capacity in their ICUs. We were joined by reporters from around the state to talk about the latest on the pandemic in Illinois. 

President Joe Biden has imposed a sweeping new vax-or-test mandate that applies to every company with 100 or more workers. We’ll talk about the legal authority behind the move and consider how companies will deal with it from a human resources perspective.

Illinois is seeing another surge in cases of COVID-19. It’s forced some schools to go back to remote learning, and hospitals are running out of space in critical care wards. We talked to reporters from around the state about how school districts across Illinois are responding. 

With another wave of COVID-19 washing across Illinois, there’s confusion about how to keep safe. We talked with public health officials and a virologist about what they're comfortable doing and what they avoid.