Several diseases on the rise in Champaign County as federal changes threaten prevention-based programs
Whooping cough, rabies, syphilis and strep. These are some of the infectious diseases on the rise in Champaign County over the past six years,…
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
A bag of fentanyl pills. Image from the DEA website.
Fentanyl-driven overdose deaths dropped in Illinois after 2022 peak
Deaths from opioid overdoses in Illinois are on the decline in 2024, showing a reversal after the record-high numbers seen in 2022. Drug prevention…
CU-CitizenAccess.org
Bickford of Champaign at 1002 S. Staley Rd on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.
Kitchens reopen at Champaign assisted living facility seven weeks after failed health inspection
Kitchens at the assisted living facility Bickford of Champaign have reopened about seven weeks after receiving a red placard and failing its health inspection…
Farrah Anderson
Broken furniture and items lay outside the former Champaign County Nursing Home which William “Avi” Rothner purchased in 2018. Photo by Farrah Anderson.
Health district launches survey on elder care amid deficit of nursing home beds, closed facilities
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District and local group Advocates for Aging Care have launched a survey to help identify the state of senior services…
Puerta Del Sol in Rantoul. Screenshot from Google Street View.
These Champaign County restaurants failed health inspections in 2023
Last year, as of late November, 10 restaurants in Champaign County were closed and received a red placard because of failed health inspections. But…
Ambar India on Nov. 13, 2023. Photo by Maggie Knutte.
Health inspectors failed about 80 restaurants and closed 10 last year in Champaign County; Some restaurants repeatedly failed for weeks
A moldy bell pepper. Bare hands touching ready-to-eat food. Food that expired over a week ago sitting in the fridge. These are just a…
McKinley Health Center website
McKinley Health Center on the University of Illinois campus.
COVID-19 still in Champaign County and tracked, but many cases go unreported
As of Dec. 4, a total of 89,129 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Champaign County since the spring of 2020, according…
Ambar India on Wright Street in Urbana received a red placard in January 2021. Screenshot from Google Street View.
Over 100 restaurants failed inspections in Champaign County in the past two years, but failures hard to find in online database
After a routine inspection, only 10 restaurants were closed due to non-compliance with safety regulations and 116 restaurants received food safety alerts for less…
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A tent and signs indicate a Covid-19 testing site at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Alice Campbell Alumni Center on Friday, July 31, 2020. The University is conducting free saliva tests for faculty, staff and students with results typically known within 48 hours.
COVID’s toll in Champaign County as emergency ends: 325 deaths, 86,946 cases, unknown number of long haulers
As the COVID-19 pandemic emergency measures ended this month, Champaign County had reported 325 COVID-related deaths from 86,946 cases over the past three years.…
Screenshot of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District's COVID-19 dashboard taken on August 1, 2022.
Lack of funding forces end of public health district housing, food assistance for COVID-positive residents
Come mid-August, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District will no longer offer food and housing assistance to those who have tested positive for the COVID-19…