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The next step for the Cure Violence program in Peoria: find a community based organization to partner with the violence prevention group and the Peoria City/County Health Department.
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Black residents of Peoria County are dying at disproportionately higher rates than whites. And they're dying younger.
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Updated figures on the Illinois Department of Public Health website show Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties with 20 deaths credited to the pandemic since Oct. 13.
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A number of new “designer” opioids and drug cocktails are available on the streets, each with its own unique, toxic chemistry that can defy identification efforts and, ultimately, treatment.
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Since the Peoria City Council has opted not to fund a $25,000 Cure Violence Assessment, the Peoria City/County Health Department will pick up the tab.
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Peoria Mayor Rita Ali said the conversations around the council horseshoe about her trademark of the term "S-NET" and that group's meetings have become a distraction from the real issue of the violence disproportionately impacting Peoria's Black community.
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According to the 2022 Community Needs Health Assessment survey, the percentage of people reporting “poor” mental health doubled in the past three years to 16%.
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About one in five people who contract COVID-19 suffer from new or lingering symptoms of the virus weeks or even months after their initial infection. It's a condition the medical community now calls "long COVID."
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Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties are all classified at a high community transmission level for COVID-19. But Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson doesn’t foresee a return to strict measures to reduce the spread.
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As the Tri-County area remains under an excessive heat warning, the head of the Peoria City/County Health Department is urging residents to take precautions.