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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Department of Public Health Launches Law-Enforcement Driven Deflection and Naloxone Distribution Initiative to Fight Opioid Overdose

Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) today officially launched a comprehensive initiative to prevent opioid overdose deaths and help people with opioid use disorder find community-…

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Cook County Distributing 500,000 Masks to Fight the Spread of COVID-19

County partners with local organizations to distribute masks in 18 at-risk communities and expands #MaskUp campaign

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Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office Surpasses 10,000 Cases for 2020

Another grim milestone was addressed today by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Ponni Arunkumar.

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Cook County Health Patients Experience Major Delays in Mail Deliveries for Daily Medical Prescriptions

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, U.S. Congressmen Bobby Rush and Sean Casten, and Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer Discuss the Impact U.S. Postal Service Delays Have on At-Risk Communities

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Cook County Addresses Rise in Suicide Deaths Among Black Residents

The alarming rise in suicides among African American residents in Cook County was addressed today by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Chief Medical Examiner Dr.

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