At least one person has died in Illinois, after they used an e-cigarette product that appears to have caused fatal breathing problems. The death may be the first vaping fatality in the nation.
In the last 8 years more than 10,000 bills in statehouses across the country were copied and pasted from special interest groups. And it turns out Illinois passed more of these bills into law than any other state. Also, more than 150 people in Illinois have been hit by a fungus that’s resistant to drugs. We’ll hear more on this from the new Illinois Director of Public Health. Plus, Purdue University is limiting streaming websites like Hulu and Netflix to free up bandwidth in the classroom. Will it get students to pay attention in class?
A year ago, lawmakers decided to change school health examination requirements. They added screenings for social and emotional development, but the details are still being worked out.
On The 21st: 13 residents of the Quincy Veterans' Home have died of Legionnaires' disease since 2015. Today, we sit down with Dr. Nirav Shah, the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. Then, we heard from WBEZ's Dave McKinney.
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District is getting ready to offer help filling out applications for medical cannabis. That's because people are getting ripped off, according to Public Health administrator Julie Pryde.
