Category Archives: Illinois

President APIC Chicago Suggests Alternative Legislation

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Christina Jones

There is legislation in Illinois that we should keep an eye on – they are trying to pass a bill in the legislature that is accused of being too narrow in focus and not based on scientific evidence (House Bill … Continue reading →

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More on MRSA and Tattooing and How To Protect Yourself

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Christina Jones

This is a hard story to refute – three young men all got tattoos together at Lil Smitty’s, a Blue Island, Illinois tattoo parlor, and all three broke out with MRSA staph infections all over their brand new art. Illinois … Continue reading →

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Good News for HA-MRSA Control in Illinois

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Christina Jones

Great news in Illinois – from Jeanine Thomas, founder of the MRSA Survivors Network. She has been working so hard for hospital disclosure of MRSA rates, and has had a good measure of success this month: Again this year I … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Story

Posted on December 15, 2006 by Christina Jones

Don’t miss this Christmas story, from the Pekin, IL Times about one person’s Christmas spirit and how it has this year benefitted a family who has been suffering with MRSA. I am not going to share any of it, so … Continue reading →

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Staph Vaccine Testing is Showing Promise

Posted on November 2, 2006 by Christina Jones

This is great news in the fight against MRSA! In a University of Chicago study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists believe they have created a vaccine that offers significant protection from most … Continue reading →

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