The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced on Jan. 7 that in line with the national trend, the state’s overall respiratory illness level has ticked up from Moderate to High, driven by an expected early winter jump in hospital admissions.
IDPH’s Seasonal Respiratory Illness Dashboard indicates that emergency department (ED) visits for acute respiratory illness topped 21% in the week ending Dec. 28, up from 17% the previous week. During the same period, the…
