CHICAGO (AP) – Another Chicago-area hospital group is requiring all team members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 31. NorthShore University Health System announced the mandate for 18,000 employees, volunteers and contractors at its six hospitals on Monday. Other health systems requiring vaccines for employees include Loyola Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, University of Chicago Medicine, Advocate Aurora Health and Lurie Children’s. Cook County Health also announced Monday that it will require all staff, contractors and students to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1 or demonstrate a verifiable medical or religious exemption.
