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How Peoria became a vaccine leader • Brazilian variant identified in Illinois • California biotech firm moves to Chicago Crain s Health Pulse is your source for actionable, exclusive and inside news on the health care industry. Johnny Milano/Bloomberg PEORIA LEADS THE STATE IN COVID VACCINATIONS: As of March 4, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, 84 percent of county residents 65 or older had received a first dose, two times the rate for Chicago and Cook County. On Feb. 24, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said that if Peoria County were a state, it would be No. 2 in the nation for total doses administered per 100,000 residents. Surprised? So was Monica Hendrickson, public health administrator at the Peoria City/County Health Department. ....