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Flu Vaccine’s Destination Changed From Illinois To Pakistan

The Government rejected the flu vaccines that were manufactured and sent to Illinois. Blagojevich was prevented // from getting the 250,000 vials of unapproved flu vaccines from Europe to Illinois but sent to Pakistan instead. ..These vaccines worth $2.5 million were sent to the people affected by the recent earthquake, which plundered the joys from the South East Asians. ....At Illinois the st...

Prevalence Of AIDS Goes Down In Illinois

According to figures released by the Illinois Department of Public Health AIDS prevelance fell slightly//. ..But experts were worried because blacks are still disproportionately affected by AIDS. They also feel that the low numbers could be due to the fact that not enough people are being tested thoroughly. David Ernesto Munar, associate director of the non-profit AIDS Foundation of Chicago said...

Funds Allocated to Illinois and Chicago to Prepare in Case of a Flu Pandemic

Federal officials made a formal announcement about providing Illinois and Chicago with additional financial assistance to the tune of millions of dollars//, for executing plans to combat influenza pandemic. Health officials have been perturbed about cases of bird flu in Europe and Asia, which has also raised concerns of an impending worldwide pandemic. .. ..The U.S. Health and Human Services Sec...

Death in Illinois ER declared Homicide

The death of a heart attack patient, who spent nearly 2 hours in the waiting room of the hospital, was declared to be a homicide by a coroner's jury.// ..Beatrice Vance, 49, died of a heart attack, but her death was ruled 'a result of gross deviations from the standard of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in this situation.' ..Vance died on July 29 at the Vista Medical Center in...

Illinois unable to duck bird-flu, thankfully ‘low-risk

Following a second run of the tests conducted on ducks in central Illinois, reports have confirmed the presence of a low-pathogenic form of avian influenza. The U.S.// Agriculture Department has communicated the presence of a low-pathogenic H6N2 virus in five of the 11 samples collected from wild Green-winged Teals in Fulton County, Illinois. ..The low-pathogenic avian influenza virus is pretty...