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Advocates protest Pritzker’s non-citizen healthcare decision [Video]

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) – Nearly a hundred healthcare and immigrant advocates marched Thursday from Pilsen to Downtown, where they pleaded for the Governor to reverse a change to non-citizen healthcare.

Enrollment is set to be paused this weekend for a state funded healthcare program for non-citizens ages 42 to 64. There will also be a cap in place for a separate program offering similar benefits to those ages 65 and older.

Outside the Thompson Center,  one woman initially remained calm while telling us that she had just come from learning of a breast cancer diagnosis. But, she began to sob and  asked that she remain anonymous because she has not yet told her family.

She told WBBM she enrolled in a health care program just four months ago. She underwent a biopsy after receiving a mammogram, and her diagnosis has been caught early.  She now has a good chance at treatment and recovery.

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New 2023/2024 COVID-19 Vaccine [Video]

On September 12, 2023, the FDA and CDC authorized a new mRNA Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for the 2023-2024 respiratory season for individuals 6 months of age and older. This vaccine replaces the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine and were developed to target the XBB.1.5 variant but demonstrate neutralizing antibodies across multiple strains. A revised formulation for Novavax, the only non-mRNA vaccine, is pending FDA approval.