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Michigan is one of the states that turned to lottery drawings to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19. There's concern among some health experts that interest will drop once the lotteries end.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Latif Nasser of WNYC's Radiolab about the recent news of the release of Guantanamo detainee Abdul Latif Nasser, whom he spent years investigating.

Rufino Rodriguez worked as a respiratory therapist in a newborn intensive care unit in Utah. He died of COVID-19 after receiving his first vaccine shot. He was 65 years old.

New analyses of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic suggests the pandemic may have been spreading from inside the Huanan Seafood Market two months before doctors detected the first cases.

One of the scientists who signed a recent letter calling for more investigation of the lab-leak origin theory says new data has come to light. And that information has changed his thinking.

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Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker announced Monday he will seek a second term, joined once again by Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton as a running mate.

The state’s higher education agencies released updated COVID-19 guidance Monday encouraging all public and private higher education institutions in Illinois to issue mandatory vaccine policies.

Biz Markie died Friday night after months of health issues.