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Outbreak Of Stomach Virus Hits Several Schools
Updated: 11/09/10 9:42 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Health officials are warning the public about an outbreak of a highly contagious intestinal illness in several suburban schools. CBS 2’s Pamela Jones reports...
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Pathologist: Source Of E. Coli Outbreak Will Be Hard To Find
EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) — The deadliest e. coli outbreak in modern history, centered in Germany, has now killed 23 people and sickened more than 2,200 – including four in the United States. As WBBM...
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Whooping Cough Cases In McHenry County Spreading
WOODSTOCK (CBS) — An outbreak of whooping cough in McHenry County’s school system has now spread to the general public, according to the health department. A total of 79 cases have been reported in 12...
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Spike In Whooping Cough Cases Continues In McHenry County
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (CBS) — This week has brought more reports of whooping cough in McHenry County, and the numbers have reached the three-figure range. As WBBM Newsradio’s Lisa Fielding reports, the...
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Norovirus Outbreak Subsiding At Algonquin School
CHICAGO (CBS) — An outbreak of norovirus, which raced through a suburban school last week, appears to be subsiding. As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, last Thursday, 129 children were out...
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2 Deaths Linked To Legionnaires’ Outbreak At Downtown Hotel
CHICAGO (CBS) –Two guests who contracted Legionnaires’ disease at the downtown JW Marriott are dead, and the outbreak is worse than first reported, city health officials said Monday. There are five...
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1st Illinois Case Linked To Meningitis Outbreak
CHICAGO (AP) — An ill Chicago resident is the first person in Illinois to be linked to the fungal meningitis outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the case Saturday. Melaney...
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Apparent Norovirus Outbreak Hits Stateville
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — The mystery behind bars at Stateville Correctional Center is solved. Health officials believe they know what led to a widespread sickness inside the prison, which holds more than...
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Illinois Now Reporting 5 Cases Of Rare Stomach Bug
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois reported one new case of a rare stomach illness Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the state to five. Health officials investigating the cases have been unable to...
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Outbreak Of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Linked To Lutheran General Hospital
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (STMW) — The largest outbreak of a very specific and very dangerous bacteria in the U.S. has been linked to procedures performed at a north suburban hospital last year. The Centers for...
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The MERS Outbreak: Is The Government Doing Enough?
The Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization claim they are hard at work to keep a major outbreak known as MERS from reaching the general population. MERS, or Middle East Respiratory...
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Parent Group Pushes Legislation Making It Harder To Avoid Vaccinating Kids
(CBS) – A measles outbreak has some people fighting to make it harder for parents to say no to vaccinating their children. CBS 2’s Chris Martinez explains. As parents of a newly vaccinated, 1-year-old...
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Chicago Announces 7th Case In Meningitis Outbreak
CHICAGO (AP) — Health officials have identified another case in a serious outbreak of meningitis affecting gay and bisexual men in the Chicago area. Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner...
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Lake County Offering Free Mumps Vaccines For U Of I Students
CHICAGO (CBS) — Health officials in the suburbs have begun offering free mumps vaccines to students heading back to campus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Last week, the DuPage...
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Water System Blamed In Illinois Legionnaires’ Outbreak
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — A federal report obtained by The Associated Press shows that the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that killed 12 residents of an Illinois state veterans home this summer and sickened...
View Article14 Sickened After Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Morgan Park Restaurant
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Department of Public Health announced Friday a salmonella outbreak linked to a Morgan Park barbecue restaurant on Chicago’s Far South Side. The Chicago Department of Public...
View ArticlePublic Health Officials Looking Into Legionnaires’ Outbreak
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — Health officials in northern Illinois are investigating several cases of Legionnaires’ disease that occurred between June 7 and July 1. McHenry County Department of Health...
View ArticleStudents, Administrators And Health Officials Grapple With COVID Outbreak In...
CHICAGO (CBS) — More than 100 students in one north suburban high school district are in quarantine right now. Administrators there now reporting close to two dozen positive cases of COVID-19. CBS 2’s...
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