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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

Politics

Woodstock Woman Charged With Tampering Morphine Prescribed to Patients

Silence DoGood - January 24, 2022

A suburban Chicago nurse removed morphine from bottles prescribed to two patients and replaced it with another liquid, knowing the diluted substance would be dispensed to the patients, according to a federal indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Chicago. #FederalCourt

Politics

Rush and McKinley Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Hold Internet Companies Accountable for Sales of Deadly, Illegal Drugs Online

Silence DoGood - January 8, 2022

“The prohibitively high cost of lifesaving prescription drugs leads many Americans to turn to the internet in search of alternatives, but a lack of regulation has enabled bad actors to market counterfeit and unsafe drugs on social media and rogue online pharmacies,” said Rush. #BobbyRush

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