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Police reportedly were called to Rep. Judy Biggert’s  Willowbrook office at about 2:30 p.m. today after 30 members of the 13th District Committee of the Campaign for Better Health Care  occupied it during a sit-in. The group was chanting and displaying pairs of shoes as a symbol of Illinois residents who have or will die [...]

Readers have been requesting a thread about one of the biggest issues of recent years — health care reform — and I finally have a local angle to tie it to. Docs 4 Patient Care, a politically neutral, grassroots coalition of  physicians, will sponsor a town hall meeting to discuss health care reform at 6:30 [...]

Just heard from a friend that the  Hinsdale Family Medicine Clinic, located across from Hinsdale Hospital at 135 N. Oak St.,   is holding an H1N1 vaccine clinic through 4 p.m. today. Vaccinations are $16 and no appointment is necessary.

It’s a daily hangout for clients of the downtown PADS shelters and the last stop before bed and chicken soup for patrons coming down with a cold or worse. So the Downers Grove Public Library has take steps to protect staff and visitors alike from the H1N1 virus and other seasonal illnesses. Director Christopher Bowen [...]

The village announced today that it is collaborating with the DuPage County Health Department to bring an H1N1 vaccination clinic to Downers Grove South High School, 1436 Norfolk St., on Sunday, Dec. 13. A second clinic is scheduled for the College of DuPage on Dec. 12. The clinics are specifically for people in the high-priority [...]

Updated: 12 p.m. with information from the Illinois Department of Public Health With all the attention on the H1N1 influenza vaccine, supplies of which have fallen far short of what was forecast, little notice has been paid to the rapidly diminishing stock of  seasonal flu vaccine. While flu shots are typically available throughout October and [...]

The long-awaited H1N1 vaccine is now available by appointment through the DuPage County Health Department. Unfortunately, there seems to be no easy way to actually make an appointment despite assurances that calls are being taken on a round-the-clock basis. I’ve tried repeatedly to get through at 1-866-311-1123 without success. Maybe more call-center staff might be [...]

A South High School student has been hospitalized with a confirmed case of H1N1 flu and a second South student with a probable case is being treated at home. In an email release today, D99 said school districts have been told by the DuPage County Health Department to expect more cases as the flu spreads [...]

A Naperville North High School freshman has become the first DuPage County resident to die of H1N1 influenza, although the DuPage County Health Dept. continues to investigate possible underlying conditions that may have contributed to the death. “Further information will be provided as appropriate, based on consultation with the coroner’s office and with the family,” [...]

DuPage County Health officials have so far found no link between several Downers Grove and Lisle residents who became sick after eating at area restaurants last weekend. “There is no confirmed source and no causal relationship among the cases,” said David Hass, a health department spokesman. Such outbreaks are extremely common and have many possible [...]