Alcindor, kerry sanders, thank you. this recent surge in covid cases leaves parents with a difficult question. could students soon return to remote learning? the cdc is trying to keep kids in the classroom with this new test-to-stay strategy that will allow unvaccinated students to come to school, even if they ve been exposed to covid. with more, i m joined by michael carner, regional superintendent of schools in lake county, illinois, one of the counties the cdc studied in order to recommend this new plan. thank you so much more being with us. walk us through how this plan has been working in your district. sure. so i oversee about 45 public schools in lake county, which points to about 3,500 students. back in july, when the illinois department of public health and cdc came out with their guidance, our lake county health department, led by mark pfister and his team, came up with a plan so we could be progressive to ensure that this year, we kept kids in school. so we developed a tes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A northern Illinois man has died of rabies after apparently being bitten by a bat — the first human case of rabies in the state since 1954, health officials reported this week. The diagnosis has been confirmed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the