
A Dialogue on measles risk and prevention during a national outbreak
As measles cases rise in the U.S., public health experts are raising concerns. What steps can you take to stay safe and help prevent the spread of the disease?
As measles cases rise in the U.S., public health experts are raising concerns. What steps can you take to stay safe and help prevent the spread of the disease?
Cook County has been named number one on a list of most at risk for the next measles outbreak. What does that mean for the rest of Illinois? Plus, we'll talk about what 5G might do in the ever-changing world of wireless technology. And, we remember the 40th anniversary of the crash of Flight 191. We'll speak with Kim Jockl, who lost her parents in the crash and organized a memorial in their honor.
State Attorney General Kwame Raoul joins us to talk about an ongoing legal dispute with a Central Illinois bus company, and more. Plus, since 2016, it’s been too expensive to vaccinate every single child on CHIP. Now, physicians in Illinois are concerned about a possible measles outbreak in our state if things don’t change. Also, Illinois Medicaid will start to cover gender reassignment surgery as early as this summer. And, tomorrow night marks the beginning of Passover and Jewish people across Illinois join the world in celebrating. We’ll talk about how people are creating their own modern day traditions around Seders.
Jessica Barnes of Urbana is the mother of Peyton, 5, who is undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia. The treatments wipe out her immune system, which makes her highly susceptible to illness. Barnes is joining public health officials in urging everyone to get the measles vaccine if they haven’t yet.
That brings the total number of measles cases reported in Champaign-Urbana to four so far in 2019.