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Illinois Department of Public Health May 17, 2021, meeting minutes
Date Updated: June 28, 2021
Date Added: June 28, 2021
IL
Principal Subject: Illinois Department of Public Health
This document set contains Illinois Department of Public Health meeting minutes from a May 17, 2021, call with local health department officials throughout the state of Illinois.
Date Range: May 17, 2021
Format Details: PDF, 7 pages
Illinois Department of Public Health March 8, 2021, meeting minutes
Date Updated: May 12, 2021
Date Added: May 12, 2021
IL
Principal Subject: Illinois Department of Public Health
This document set contains Illinois Department of Public Health meeting minutes from a March 8, 2021, call with local health department officials throughout the state of Illinois.
Date Range: March 8, 2021
Format Details: .pdf, 4 pages
FEMA Vaccine Administration Unit Costs Worksheet
Date Updated: May 5, 2021
Date Added: May 4, 2021
IL
Principal Subject: Illinois Department of Public Health
This spreadsheet, the FEMA Vaccine Administration Unit Costs Worksheet, features internal calculations prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and obtained by the Documenting COVID-19 project from the Illinois Department of Public Health in collaboration with the Chicago Sun-Times.
Date Range: January 1 to May 2, 2021
Format Details: zipped file of .csv spreadsheet
Cook County Medical Examiner's Office COVID-19 deaths
Date Updated: March 30, 2021
Date Added: March 30, 2021
Cook County, IL
Principal Subject: Cook County Medical Examiner Ponni Arunkumar
This material includes the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office response to an Illinois Freedom of Information Act request for case records dating January 4, 2019, to February 18, 2021. Information sought in the request includes details such as: date of death, race, ethnicity, age, gender, location; cause(s) of death.
Date Range: January 4, 2019, to February 18, 2021
Format Details: Zipped file, xlsx spreadsheet, 4.5 MB
Sangamon County Health Department COVID-19 emails and migrant farm response
Date Updated: February 26, 2021
Date Added: February 19, 2021
Sangamon, IL
Principal Subject: Sangamon Public Health Director Gail O’Neill
These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Sangamon Public Health Director Gail O’Neill regarding local response to COVID-19, including migrant farm response.
Date Range: June 1 to September 10, 2020
Format Details: .pdf (6.8MB, 39 pages)
Illinois CDC Data Use Agreement
Date Updated: February 10, 2021
Date Added: February 10, 2021
IL
Principal Subject: State of Illinois, Department of Public Health
A copy of Illinois' Data Use Agreement for Covid-19 vaccine information with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Date Range: December 2, 2020
Format Details: .pdf (22 pages)
Ogle County Health Department case files related to Rochelle Foods
Date Updated: February 8, 2021
Date Added: January 18, 2021
Ogle County, IL
Principal Subject: Ogle County Health Department Public Health Administrator Kyle Auman
Emails, case investigation summaries, a CDC report, subpoenas and other files related to Rochelle Foods in Rochelle, Illinois; This file includes subpoenas related to a workers' compensation claim for records with Rochelle Foods, the Rochelle Police Department and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation.
Date Range: March 1, 2020, to February 5, 2021
Format Details: .pdf (115 pages, 18.2 MB)
Chicago Department of Public Health COVID-19 emails and response
Date Updated: November 9, 2020
Date Added: October 31, 2020
Cook County, IL
Principal Subject: Dr. Allison Arwady
This material includes emails sent to, from or copied to Dr. Allison Arwady, regarding Covid-19 response in the city's Auburn Gresham neighborhood from May 15 to June 10, 2020.
Date Range: May 15 to June 10, 2020
Format Details: PDF, 220 pages
Illinois State University COVID-19 emails and response
Date Updated: October 19, 2020
Date Added: October 16, 2020
McLean County, IL
Principal Subject: Vice President for Student Affairs Levester "LJ" Johnson
This material includes emails sent to, from or copied to Vice President for Student Affairs Levester "LJ" Johnson from June 26 to September 24, 2020, regarding COVID-19 response, issues with testing and isolation in student housing.
Date Range: June 26 to September 24, 2020
Format Details: PDF, 206 pages
Illinois ERC facility outbreak reports
Date Updated: October 7, 2020
Date Added: October 7, 2020
IL
Highlighted Documents: September 1 ERC report September 30 ERC report July 24 ERC report August 14 ERC report
This internal data — prepared by the Illinois Department of Public Health and covering four different days between July and September — was obtained as part of an open-records request to a county health department. The confidential data on the outbreaks in the Springfield region and across the state shows that coronavirus outbreaks in workplaces, schools, meatpacking facilities and prisons are driving Illinois’ rising cases — and many of these outbreaks have never been made public.
Date Range: July 24 to September 30, 2020
Format Details: .xls (4 files)
Champaign-Urbana Health District COVID-19 emails and migrant farm response
Date Updated: September 30, 2020
Date Added: August 13, 2020
Champaign, IL
Principal Subject: Champaign-Urbana Health District Public Administrator Julie Pryde
These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Champaign-Urbana Health District Public Administrator Julie Pryde regarding local response to COVID-19, including migrant farm outbreaks.
Date Range: June 1 to
Format Details: .eml (34.3MB)
Cook County Medical Examiner's Office COVID-19 deaths
Date Updated: September 21, 2020
Date Added: September 14, 2020
Cook County, IL
Principal Subject: Cook County Medical Examiner Ponni Arunkumar
This material includes the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office response to an Illinois Freedom of Information Act request for case records dating January 1, 2020, to August 14, 2020. Information sought in the request, filed by Matt Kiefer, include details such as: date of death, race, ethnicity, age, gender, location; cause(s) of death.
Date Range: January 1, 2020, to August 14, 2020
Format Details: Zipped file, xlsx spreadsheet, 2 MB
Winnebago County, Illinois, Health COVID-19 emails and response
Date Updated: July 12, 2020
Date Added: July 13, 2020
Winnebago County, IL
Principal Subject: Sandra Martell
This material includes emails sent to, from or copied to Sandra Martell, the Winnebago County, Illinois, public health administrator, regarding local COVID-19 response.
Date Range: March 1 to May 7, 2020
Format Details: .pdf (51 pages)
City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection complaints
Date Updated: July 12, 2020
Date Added: July 10, 2020
City of Chicago, IL
Principal Subject: Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
Complaints filed under the city of Chicago's COVID-19 Anti- Retaliation Ordinance
Date Range: June 1 to June 17, 2020
Format Details: .pdf (3 pages)
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services COVID-19 emails and response
Date Updated: July 12, 2020
Date Added: June 25, 2020
IL
Principal Subject: Marc Smith, acting director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
This material includes emails sent by Marc Smith, acting director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, regarding the reopening of daycare centers.
Date Range: May 18 to June 1, 2020
Format Details: .pdf file (5.2 MB, 93 pages)
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Ten months into pandemic, Rochelle Foods and Illinois health department still at odds over COVID-19
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The Trump Administration told an Illinois health department to leave Rochelle Foods alone. Then a second COVID-19 outbreak struck the plant.
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