The Department of Public Health is adapting its monkeypox vaccination strategy to deal with limited vaccine ability.
Tag: Chicago Department of Public Health
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Homeless during a pandemic
Chicagoans without shelter face the tough choice between the streets and shared air.
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Chicago’s civic and business elite put on epic display of wokeness, roll out racial equity plan
The Metropolitan Planning Council unveils a strategic response to its own “cost of segregation” report
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East Side residents enraged by manganese pollution tear into city and federal officials
“Half-assed everything, that’s what we get.”
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Rahm Emanuel’s plan for a healthy, segregated Chicago
A report by the mayor’s public health department offers 200 “actionable strategies” to diminish health inequities. Reducing segregation isn’t one of them.
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The gulf between Emanuel’s and Garcia’s most supportive neighborhoods
In last Tuesday’s first round, the mayor cruised in the easy-street wards.
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Chicago, the city that works—just ignore the poverty
President Obama and Mayor Emanuel offer Chicago as a model for America. Is it?
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While waiting for information out of City Hall, please enjoy this video of the mayor
One Chicago public health official in charge of emergency preparedness didn’t realize she wasn’t available for an interview until a flack stepped in.
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Before the schools, Mayor Emanuel closed the clinics
Before Mayor Emanuel proposed closing schools, he shuttered mental health clinics.
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Good News, Maybe, for Shared-Use Kitchens
An ordinance to address licensing for shared-use kitchens is in the preliminary stages.
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The Charcuterie Underground
In the view of a burgeoning number of outlaw bacon curers and sausage grinders, some rules are made to be broken.
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Youth Violence: The lead cause?
Could lead abatement lead to declines in urban crime? It’s a theory that’s been kicking around for awhile.