Illinois disputes bioterror grade
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Illinois appears to have made little progress in boosting its readiness for a bioterrorist attack, an independent group reported Tuesday.
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Rochelle, Illinois- A local county is holding flu shot clinics despite the shortage in vaccinations. The Ogle County Health Department has received a limited amount of the vaccine for high risk residents.
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State health officials said Monday that a preliminary investigation into a recent spate of deaths from a rare brain-wasting disease found no threat to public safety.
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Harris County health officials raised concerns last week when they suggested pesticides that are safe enough to spray in residential neighborhoods might no longer kill mosquitoes within a decade.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Luther Head scored 17 points and Dee Brown added 15 points and nine assists as Illinois celebrated its new No. 1 ranking with a 78-59 victory over Chicago State on Monday night.
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By Laura Griffith, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.  Sep. 7--Illinois is taking the fight against methamphetamines to the manufacturing level with a grant program meant to heighten security and safety measures at anhydrous ammonia facilities.
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Illinois has played much better and has looked much better. But in grinding out a 72-60 victory over Arkansas before 13,140 rabid Razorbacks fans, the fifth-ranked Illini took another important step Saturday.
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The Centers for Disease Control can't show how the $5 billion given to public health departments after Sept. 11 has prepared the country for a bioterrorism attack or flu pandemic. By the Associated Press.
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No state is better prepared than Florida to detect and contain the deadly viruses, bacteria or toxins of a bioterrorist, according to a nationwide analysis released Tuesday.
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CHICAGO -- The lead author and peer reviewers of a government report raising the possibility of public health threats from industrial contamination throughout the Great Lakes region are charging that the report is being suppressed because of the questions it raises. The author also alleges that he...
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Kansas is better prepared than most states to handle a biological attack by terrorists, according to a new national study. But even the people who helped put Kansas in the top quarter
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California is lagging in key areas of readiness for a bioterrorism attack, according to a national study released yesterday. The state fell short on five of the 10 indicators
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The Illinois Department of Public Health today reported two new cases of West Nile disease. They raise the total number of confirmed cases this year to 56, surpassing last year&#39;s total of 54 cases.
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The Trust for America&#39;s Health says most states don&#39;t even have a comprehensive response plan for an emergency involving a biological weaon.
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Maryland is one of the lowest-ranked states in the country in terms of preparedness for health emergencies such as bioterrorism or pandemic flu, but Virginia is among the 14 best-prepared states, according to a report issued by a health advocacy group yesterday.
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As the clock keeps ticking on the fate of thousands of flu vaccine doses the state ordered from companies overseas, Gov. Rod Blagojevich&#39;s administration Wednesday urged more Illinoisans
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By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON - More than five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the government cannot show how the $5 billion given to public health departments has better prepared the country for a bioterrorism attack or flu pandemic.