Four Illinois counties have reached a "warning level" for coronavirus, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday. Adams, LaSalle, Peoria and Randolph counties were all named by the department for reaching "two or more COVID-19 risk indicators." According to IDPH the concerning numbers coming out of the four counties is due in large part…
Chicago Tribune | Jul 24, 2020 at 3:03 PM After announcing more than 1,500 new known coronavirus cases and 19 confirmed deaths, state health officials said Friday four counties are at a “warning level” for COVID-19 because of outbreaks of the virus. A total of 1,532 new known COVID-19 cases were disclosed Friday by the…
MISSISSIPPI, INCLUDING BUSINESSES HERE IN HINDS, MADISON AND RANKIN COUNTIES. THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS SAY BUSINESSES MUST PROVIDE FACE COVERINGS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH CUSTOMERS... THOSE FACE MASKS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES... THERE ARE ALSO NEW LIMITS ON SOCIAL GATHERINGS... NO MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE CAN BE INSIDE AT A TIME...…
A number of California counties are worried about the future of their state-funded coronavirus testing sites as the number of new cases surges within the state, Kaiser Health News reported Wednesday.Almost two dozen county public health officials expressed concern to Kaiser Health News that the state has threatened to cut funding to underutilized testing sites.Officials from Contra…
June 29, 2020 2:26 PM Logan Rude Posted: June 29, 2020 2:26 PM Updated: June 29, 2020 2:28 PM MADISON, Wis. — Roughly 30% of Wisconsin counties are experiencing a high level of COVID-19 activity, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The new metric, which is a summary based on each county’s number…
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding companies accountable when the food
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out