The Latest Breaking News from Ngozi Ezike

The 22-year-old NASCAR driver brought blankets to patients at Lurie Children’s and Mount Sinai hospitals Thursday. He also handed over $10,000 checks to each hospital from the NASCAR Foundation.

Over 72,000 Cook County residents will receive $25 million in medical debt relief in the first round of the program.

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Ezike will begin her new job in June as head of a hospital network that employs more than 3,200 caregivers.

Asked whether the state would consider another indoor mask mandate, as other U.S. cities respond to rising cases, Pritzker said, “I think that towns, cities across Illinois, not to mention across the country, should do what they feel is necessary in their communities to keep people safe.”

Sinai Chicago on the West and Southwest sides is looking to hire Ezike.

For the last two years, Dr. Ngozi Ezike stood her ground, unrelenting in relaying — sometimes in tears — how crucial it was to mask up, stay indoors and get vaccinated.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

As she prepared to leave the public stage on March 14, the state’s top doctor spoke of serving as a key adviser, calm leader, comforting voice — and “a role model to young girls, girls of color, little Black girls, that they can be leaders in any field.”