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Chicago

IDPH Offers Recommendations for Avoiding Respiratory Viruses as Seasonal Illnesses Increase

Silence DoGood - January 7, 2025

IDPH’s Seasonal Respiratory Illness Dashboard indicates that emergency department (ED) visits for Acute Respiratory Illness topped 21% in the week ending December 28, up from 17% the previous week. #health

Health

As Respiratory Virus Season Begins, IDPH Urges Illinoisans to Protect Themselves from Seasonal Illnesses

Silence DoGood - October 7, 2024

In addition, the CDC has created a new Respiratory Illness Data Channel that provides nationwide county specific information that would valuable for anyone planning to travel out of state. #seasonalillness

Community

Illinois Sees Welcome Decline in Seasonal Respiratory Viruses in Latest Data

Silence DoGood - February 4, 2024

The state's overall respiratory illness level decreased from Low to Minimal... #covid #cold #flu

Community

Tutoring Available to Help Illinois Students from Pandemic Learning Loss

Zeta Cross | The Center Square - August 20, 2023

Some children are 3 to 5 years behind where they should be if the pandemic had not kept them out of in-person classrooms. #tutoring

Community

Suburban Chicago Businessman Found Guilty of Price Gouging N-95 Masks During COVID-19 Pandemic

Silence DoGood - July 7, 2023

“You can’t imagine my business. $50-80,000 a day, I did $1 million in the last couple weeks.” #covidfraud #n95masks #pricegouging

National

Gaetz, Freedom Caucus Held Line on McCarthy Speakership Over Seven Bills

Bethany Blankley | The Center Square - January 8, 2023

McCarthy’s election was the 15th time it took multiple votes to elect a speaker of the House, with the most contentious taking 133 votes over two months. #speakerofthehouse

Health

Joyce Applauds Program to Improve COVID-19 Health Equity Strategies

Silence DoGood - October 21, 2022

“The pandemic showed us firsthand the inequity and inequality in our health care system,” said Joyce (D-Essex). #COVID

Politics

OpEd: Why We Should Oppose Bills Like the American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Dr. Cornel Darden Jr. - August 31, 2022

Any prohibition on services promoting their own tools could hinder these valuable services and make it harder for customer to patronize Black-owned businesses.

Politics

President Preckwinkle and County Commissioners Announce $75 Million in Gun Violence Prevention Grants

Silence DoGood - August 11, 2022

“Gun violence is not acceptable anywhere, and can never be accepted as normal. We cannot accept children growing up without parents, lost to gun violence. We cannot accept a world where parents lose their children to senseless shootings,” said Cook County Commissioner Frank J. Aguilar.

Politics

Illinois Freedom Caucus Makes Statement on Pritzker’s Emergency COVID-19 Orders

Silence DoGood - July 14, 2022

The response to COVID-19 has failed at every level of the Pritzker administration. The response has been based 100% on political science. He is in the process of trying to clean up the mess he created.

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